No other animal is as inexorably linked with extinction as the dodo, an odd-looking flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until the late 17th century. The arrival ...

The dodo bird vanished more than 300 years ago, but its story still sparks curiosity. Native to just one island and wiped out in just a few decades, the dodo has become a symbol of extinction and ...

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based science company, announced on Wednesday that it is working to bring back the dodo bird from extinction using genetic engineering. The dodo bird, which has been ...

There are many animals on Earth that are endangered and at serious risk of going extinct. It is always unfortunate when one goes extinct, especially when it is caused by the actions of humans. It is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There’s an important concept in evolutionary biology called ...

Japan's red-headed wood pigeon has enjoyed a massive rebound and avoided the dangers of inbreeding in the process, according to Kyoto University. The bird had a population below 80 in the 2000s before ...

Once upon a time, the likes of Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg imagined a world where scientists on the cutting edge of genetic research pieced together bits of DNA, both ancient and modern, to ...

BIRDMAI copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Nada Kramar Endowment Income Fund. "Hundreds (maybe thousands) of bird species and subspecies have become extinct over the last 700 years ...

The released birds are the closest living relatives of the extinct Arabian ostrich. The flightless animals' return is part of ...