One of the most infamous cautionary tales of humanity's follies, the reasons behind the extinction of the dodo are even more ...

On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn't look like much: drab brown feathers, a slender beak, and a ...

What the dodo symbolizes has changed over time. It has been, variously, a parable, a joke and a warning. When we see it as an ...

The next step in reconstructing this extinct animal is the creation of animatronics, or robots. But to work out exactly how the dodo moved, we need to know these exact measurements. Then we can work ...

Colossal Biosciences has focused on identifying key traits of extinct animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically "engineer them into living animals," said CEO Ben Lamm.

Julian Hume, an avian paleontologist who studies the dodo at London's Natural History Museum, asks CNN's Katie Hunt. Others argue that the original habitats of extinct animals don't exist anymore ...

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 ...

A groundbreaking scientific initiative to bring back extinct animals has gained star-studded support, with Tom Brady and Tiger Woods joining forces with Colossal Biosciences. The b ...

The dodo was surprisingly also a type of dove ... a flightless ibis that used its stubby wings like clubs to bludgeon animals during combat, and a condor with a tangled mass of sinew and muscle ...