The famously extinct dodo, Raphus cucullatus, disappeared about a century after humans showed up on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, and the word "dodo" became synonymous with a person ...
The dodo was a flightless bird about the size of a male turkey that had a long, hooked beak and the goofy charm of an emperor penguin. Its ancestor first appeared on Earth more than 25 million years ...