The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was a flightless bird endemic to Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Driven to extinction by the late 1600s, it was killed off by human activities, including
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Dodo, extinct flightless bird of Mauritius, one of the three species that constituted the family Raphidae.
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The dodo, with its weird looks and mythical nature, became the first high-profile case of extinction in the animal kingdom and perhaps triggered our earliest research into the damaging effects on our
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Since last being sighted in 1662, the dodo has become the symbol of extinction. But despite its fame, astonishingly little is known about this large, flightless bird.
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The dodo was a large, flightless pigeon relative that lived only on Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It became an emblematic example of human-driven extinction after the island''s colonization
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