The dodo's closest living relative, the Samoan manumea, was spotted alive in the wild, after being missing for years.

The detection happened in October and November near Uafato on Samoa’s island of Upolu. Manumea is a special bird for experts ...

As a critically endangered species, the manumea could be considered mostly dead, but there’s a big difference between that ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The dodo is one of the most iconic—and misunderstood—extinct ...

WASHINGTON — The dodo bird isn’t coming back anytime soon. Nor is the woolly mammoth. But a company working on technologies to bring back extinct species has attracted more investors, while other ...

The dodo wasn’t as daffy a duck as we once thought. Despite their dim reputation, evolutionary biologists have learned that the infamously extinct bird, hunted out of existence by humans in the 1600s, ...

After years of silence, Samoa’s elusive manumea has been sighted again in remote forests, offering fragile hope for the ...

Dr. Bergland is a professor at Simmons University. 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 ...

What happened to the last Dodo bird? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Stefan Pociask, ...