Inside, between rows of incubators and microscopes, Beth Shapiro and her team are attempting a feat straight out of science fiction: reviving the dodo, a bird that’s been extinct for more than three ...
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 key thing about this model is it's based on a complete skeleton of just one bird. It means that any measurements you take from it are proportionally correct. The next step in reconstructing this ...
Humanity has a moral responsibility to right our wrongs when possible. Before extinction, the dodo bird’s home was a sub-tropical island off the east coast of Madagascar called Mauritius. Isolated ...