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Dodo. Image via Unsplash The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) evolved from flying pigeons that arrived on the isolated island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean approximately 8 million years ago. Through the ...

If there's one thing most people know about the dodo bird, it's that they were dumb. If they had been human, they would have been the kind of person who changes pants while driving. Yes, legend ...

THE long-extinct dodo could be brought back from the dead by 2028, nearly 350 years after humans hunted them into extinction. Either that, or the long-lost Tasmanian tiger, the CEO of a landmark ge… ...

A third possibility: Dodo was an onomatopoeia of the bird’s call, which may have resembled the two-note coo that male band-tailed pigeons make to attract mates.

The moment you hear the words “extinct” and “bird”, the dodo is probably the first creature on your mind, probably from an image in a school textbook you knew from years ago.

Dodo birds are often negatively depicted in popular media as slow, bumbling, and dim-witted. Scientists are trying to change that. By CaLea Johnson | Aug 21, 2024 ...

Meanwhile, dogs, cats, and other invasive animals preyed on the birds themselves while also competing for the island’s limited food sources. By 1662, the dodo was done.