The dodo wasn’t as daffy a duck as we once thought. Despite their dim reputation, evolutionary biologists have learned that the infamously extinct bird, hunted out of existence by humans in the ...

Its image was influenced by pictures like this one painted by a 17th century Dutch artist, Roland Savery. But he had never seen a living dodo and based his image on accounts by seafarers.

The dodo bird has been extinct since the 17th century. PA Images via Getty Images. For investors, the “de-extinction” effort is only part of the appeal.

Using statistical methods, the researchers found that the dodo's actual extinction date may have been as late as 1690, nearly three decades after the bird's last known sighting.

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Dodo Drop Juggle this poor flightless bird for as long as you can! McDonald’s in China is celebrating the McNugget’s 40th anniversary with this ...

The dodo was a flightless bird about the size of a male turkey that had a long, hooked beak and the goofy charm of an emperor penguin. Its ancestor first appeared on Earth more than 25 million ...

No other animal is as inexorably linked with extinction as the dodo, an odd-looking flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until the late 17th century.

A genetic engineering startup is working to "de-extinct" the flightless bird, centuries after it disappeared. Menu Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images ...

It’s been extinct since the 1660s but now scientists are hoping to bring the dodo bird back to ... The last dodo sighting is believed to have been in 1662. Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images.

What the Dodo Bird Actually Looked Like. Clip: Season 43 Episode 9 ... Its image was influenced by pictures like this one painted by a 17th century Dutch artist, Roland Savery.

For years, TikTok users have shared dozens of videos claiming that the U.S. "got caught hiding the last dodo bird."Some of these videos made the specific claim that a man discovered the U.S ...