Articles related to "Extinct Dodo Bird"

Dodos were extinct by 1700, and we don't know much about them. Read some interesting facts about Dodos - big, flightless, fruit loving, isolated by ocean, and doomed.

A layer of fossils thought to be between 2000 and 3000 years old is telling scientists about the environment of the Dodo bird long before humans came to Mauritius.

An explanation of what we mean when we say a species is critically endangered, endangered, threatened, vulnerable, at risk, or of special concern.

Millions of specimens provide a fascinating insight into both animals and the mind of a 19th century scientist embroiled in the debate over evolution.

The Blue Chaffinch has evolved on the isolated islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife, but its habitat has dwindled and the species is listed as Near Threatened.

The Kakapo, Strigops habroptilus, a flightless parrot of New Zealand, very nearly became extinct. A recovery program is bringing it back.