Portuguese sailors discovered the birds in the early 1500s, but the first documented mention of them was not until 1598 by Dutch explorers. The last dodo sighting was in 1662, and they are ...

The dodo had downy grey feathers with a white tail plume. The backside of the dodo was believed to have a tuft of lightly coloured feathers ...

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 ...