As for the dodo, the Nicobar Pigeon is the closest living relative, and the Solitaire, a type of extinct bird that was found ...

In real life, the dodo lost. After the Dutch settled its home, the island of Mauritius, in the 17th century, it took less ...

the dodo was known as l’oiseau de nausée, or “the bird of queasiness.” Between being hunted by sailors — an easy task, since the birds lacked natural predators — and having their eggs ...

The bone was discovered between 1831 and 1836 on the east coast of North Island, New Zealand and was brought to Owen in 1839. Skeletal remains and 12 unbroken eggs of the elephant bird, Aepyornis, ...