The near-complete skeleton of a dodo bird is up for auction at Christie’s, with estimates expecting it to sell up to over $750,000. Apart from being a curious find, the dodo bird’s remains shares a ...

BILLINGSHURST, England -- More than a collection of old bones was on the block at one England auction house. Those bones, once assembled, formed the world’s most famous dead bird, the dodo. “And then ...

Here, researcher Andy Biedlingmaier scans the only known complete skeleton from a single dodo. (Leon Claessens and Mauritius Museums Council) New laser scans of the dodo, perhaps the most famous ...

Moon Knight Episode 5 left fans with more questions than answers. And with the Moon Knight finale only one week away, there are many storylines to wrap up. One moment from the episode stands out even ...

The dodo bird is perhaps the most famous example of an extinct animal, one that’s been the source of fantasy and fiction, and also nonfictional human curiosity. The squat, flightless bird—which was ...

The giant skeletal remains of a rare bird stored at Leeds Museum have been given a clean bill of health by curators. The skeleton of the heavy-footed moa, an enormous flightless bird which once roamed ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

More than three centuries ago, Dodo birds — a species endemic to the Mauritius Islands — were slowly being hunted down, eventually leading to their extinction. Although this flightless animal no ...

Scientists are celebrating the discovery of a nearly intact 12-million-year-old bird skeleton on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. The bones belonged to a gannet. Modern-day gannets are large seabirds ...

The only near-complete dodo bird skeleton in private hands went on sale today at Summers Place Auctions, where it fetched £280,000 as part of the Sussex-based natural history auction house's fourth ...

New laser scans of the dodo, perhaps the most famous animal to have gone extinct in human history, have unexpectedly exposed portions of its anatomy unknown to science, which are revealing secrets ...