Two male Rodrigues solitaires fight over a female in the background using club-like wings The extinct Dodo had a little-known relative on another island. This fascinating bird ultimately suffered ...

"The dodo was quite a brown-grey bird, and during the moulting it had downy, black plumage," explained Dr Angst. "What we found using our scientific methods fit perfectly with what the sailors had ...

Since the children’s book is a work of fiction, perhaps you may have thought that the dodo bird itself was also spun from the imagination of a creative writer. And you wouldn’t be alone.