Dodo bones are part of a collection of memorabilia which is up for auction in West Sussex. Late naturalist Ralfe Whistler's shrine to the extinct birds will be sold at Summers Place Auctions in ...

Colonisation also brought new species to the island, such as rats, dogs, cats and pigs, which all contributed to the extinction of the flightless dodo A femur bone from the extinct bird the dodo ...

Avian palaeontologist Dr Julian Hume is rediscovering the dodo by introducing old bones to new technology. Julian explains what went wrong for the dodo, why artists exaggerate and which other ...