Can we bring back the dodo bird?

Humans hunted the dodos for food, even though the meat reportedly wasn't very flavorful, and took many dodos abroad to be displayed in exhibits. Eventually, the bird and its eggs were hunted to extinction. On the next page, we'll look at whether the dodo can be brought back to life -- and if it's ethical to do so. read more

The dodo bird could be brought back from extinction thanks to the recent discovery of an intact dodo skeleton. Read about the recent dodo bird discovery. read more

WIthout being a biologist or a geneticist, I would answer “probably”. Dodo DNA must be available from skins and stuffed specimens. It was, I think, a large flightless relative of the pigeons of today. read more