The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was the first documented human-caused extinction. When Dutch sailors arrived on Mauritius in ...

Scientists are piecing together clues about the life of the dodo, hundreds of years after the flightless bird was driven to extinction. Few scientific facts are known about the hapless bird ...

The dodo had adapted to its isolated ecosystem but was unprepared for the arrival of people. It was first encountered by Dutch sailors in 1598. New research has documented the extinction of 610 ...

Sarah Palin (2008) and Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne (2007). Background on the Dodo In 1598 Dutch sailors landing on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius discovered a flightless, 3-foot-tall, ...