So, how did the bird’s population decline so quickly? Dodo birds are native to the tropical island of Mauritius. It was a secluded paradise with plenty of resources, so the birds really had no ...
The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...
The dodo was a flightless bird that lived on the island nation of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It is a case study of extinction caused by humans. The dodo had adapted to its isolated ecosystem ...
Dr. Bergland is a professor at Simmons University. Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was ...