The dodo had downy grey feathers with a white tail plume. The backside of the dodo was believed to have a tuft of lightly coloured feathers ...

Scientists are piecing together clues about the life of the dodo, hundreds of years ... don't know the ecology of this bird and the ecology of the Mauritius island at this time," she explained.

So, how did the bird’s population decline so quickly? Dodo birds are native to the tropical island of Mauritius. It was a ...

More is known about the dinosaurs - their population structure, nesting behaviour, eggs and young - than of a bird that disappeared relatively recently due to human interference. The dodo lived solely ...