Jan 25, 2014 · Historical Biology, latest articles: Andrew Jackson, 2013 Added credence for a late Dodo extinction date Abstract: Considerable controversy surrounds the extinction date for the dodo …

Mar 26, 2016 · The handful of dodo relics that survive from collections made prior to the bird's extinction consist solely of cranial and pedal materials, whereas other dodo skeletons preserved in museum …

Dec 22, 2023 · What bird species have become extinct purely due to hunting? I was listening to a podcast recently about the Dodo and it said that introduced predators were a big factor in their …

Jul 16, 2025 · Interesting article about work to try to get closer to what a real dodo was like rather than the image that has come down to us through a mishmash of stuffed specimens and questionable …

Dec 24, 2005 · Raphus Cucullatus Scientists have found a 'mass' Dodo graveyard on the island of Mauritius where the last Dodo was thought to be have hunted to extinction in C17th. Sections of …

Nov 16, 2023 · Hume, J.P. (2023) Dr Ayres and the first fossil dodo bone Historical Biology (advance online publication) doi: 10.1080/08912963.2023.2281577 Five years before the discovery in 1865 of …

Nov 23, 2024 · The extinction of only one bird species (Paradise Parrot Psephotellus pulcherrimus) from the Australian mainland contrasts with the far higher rate of extinctions of Australian mammals (27 of …

Jul 31, 2024 · Our results suggest that the end-Cretaceous mass extinction triggered integrated patterns of evolution across avian genomes, physiology, and life history near the dawn of the modern bird …

Nov 10, 2024 · We examined the biological correlates of extinction timing among 216 bird species that recently were either observed to go extinct or disappeared since 1500 CE, performing a novel …

May 8, 2018 · The latter is the closest living relative of the extinct dodo and solitaire from the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean. “Fossils recovered from the St Bathans site now number in the …