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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most bird bones are very thin, an adaptation to lighten the skeleton for the purpose of flight. So as a result their delicate bones do not fossilize well, which is why when even a single isolated ...

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 ...

LONDON – The dodo bird is extinct — but one collector can now have their own dodo skeleton. Summers Place Auctions is selling what it describes as a rare composite skeleton of a dodo bird, a creature ...

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 ...

Experts carry out regular condition checks on the skeleton to make sure it is kept in good condition The giant skeletal remains of a rare bird stored at Leeds Museum have been given a clean bill of ...