A number of personal changes piled up — a breast cancer scare ... drew out a sliver of blood to extract the key to de-extincting the dodo: primordial germ cells. In the embryos of birds, humans and ...

The dodo was a flightless bird that lived on the island nation of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It is a case study of extinction caused by humans. The dodo had adapted to its isolated ecosystem ...

The extinct dodo bird was said to be unintelligent and clumsy. Contrary to popular belief, the creature’s disappearance had little to do with brain function or muscle power and a lot to do with human ...

Julian explains what went wrong for the dodo, why artists exaggerate and which other forgotten species died out alongside the bird. Despite its relatively recent extinction, the life history of the ...

Dodo bones are part of a collection of memorabilia which is up for auction in West Sussex. Late naturalist Ralfe Whistler's shrine to the extinct birds will be sold at Summers Place Auctions in ...