Who’s the dodo now? A famously extinct bird, reconsidered.

Scientists recently undertook a comprehensive review of the much-ridiculed bird.
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September 27, 2024

The dodo has become a fixture in society's imagination as the very emblem of ineptitude — an evolutionary clown. But a team of scientists is trying to set the record straight.

A black-and-white illustration of a dodo. In the background, a man with a club chases another dodo bird. A ship can be seen in the distance.

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