People can talk to a dodo - thanks to artificial intelligence. Visitors to the University of Cambridge’s Museum of Zoology ...

no one was sure what type of bird the dodo was. “This was a genuine mystery,” Shapiro said. After proving herself with ancient DNA work on other birds, Shapiro persuaded the museum to let her ...

There is only one near-complete dodo skeleton that exists, consisting of bones from just one bird, and it has remained unstudied until the twenty-first century. It is extremely rare and valuable, and ...

Responding to a series of damage done at other institutions, the Trustees of the Museum shortlisted specimens they considered most at risk to be removed from display. Objects considered prime targets ...

The DNA is being reconstructed using genetic material plucked from a dodo skeleton at the Natural History Museum of Denmark. From there, the next step is to blend the DNA with a genetic-living ...