Shapiro, one of the world’s leading experts on finding and decoding strains of genetic material from long-lost animals, has already done more than anyone to reveal the secrets of the dodo ...

The dodo was a flightless bird that lived on the island nation of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It is a case study of extinction caused by humans. The dodo had adapted to its isolated ecosystem ...

Colossal says that the animal will be closely monitored and live ... a disease that kills Asian elephant calves. Its work on the dodo has led to avian genetics tools that could benefit threatened ...

Lerer, 30, launched The Dodo in January 2014. The media startup, which writes about animals and animal rights issues, now has 15 million monthly unique visitors and nearly 100 million monthly ...