Both the dodo and the solitaire were gone before we had a chance to understand what we were looking at." Gostling and ...

In reassessing the dodo, the researchers also sought to bring clarity to the story of its closest relative, the Rodrigues solitaire. Also flightless, the gooselike bird was endemic to the equally ...

The dodo, along with its close relative, the Rodrigues solitaire, evolved in an ecosystem without mammalian predators. As a ...

“The dodo and the solitaire went extinct because of our hubris. We just didn’t care, and in the 17th century, we didn’t believe we could affect “god’s creation” and destroy species ...

Objects considered prime targets included a greak auk, dodo and solitaire (another extinct bird). In response to the Trustees' initiative, the Keeper of Zoology wrote: 'It appears to me that unless ...

Billionaire film director Peter Jackson is known for blockbuster films, and he hopes for also helping bring back the dodo and ...

A museum experiment in Cambridge is allowing visitors to have a conversation with a dodo, and other dead animals, with the ...

Visitors can pose their questions to 13 species - including dodo and whale skeletons, a stuffed red panda, and a preserved ...

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 ...