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Opinion: What the dodo tells us, 300 years after its extinction
Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the dodo. The bird — fat and flightless, found by 17th ...
Unique dove species is the dodo of the Caribbean and in similar danger of dying out
On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn't look like much: drab brown feathers, a slender beak, and a ...
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Unique dove species is the dodo of the Caribbean and in similar danger of dying out
The dodo was surprisingly also a type of dove ... quail dove prefers to spend most of its time on the ground, its ancestors almost certainly possessed the powerful flying ability of most other ...
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Rare dove is not related to any other birds we know today
Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close relatives.
As scientists work to resurrect extinct animals, a paleogeneticist warns species like moa need to be trademarked
A paleogeneticist has warned discussions should start around New Zealand's response to the de-extinction of animals. It comes ...
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As scientists work to resurrect extinct animals, a paleogeneticist warns species like moa need to be trademarked
Currently, Colossal Biosciences is trying to bring back the woolly mammoth, while also working towards the resurrection of the Tasmanian tiger and the dodo ... to the common ancestor with tinamous.