The dodo's closest living relative, the Samoan manumea, was spotted alive in the wild, after being missing for years.

Deep in a remote Samoan rainforest, field researchers have just confirmed something many biologists had quietly stopped ...

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A manumea, the closest living relative of the extinct dodo bird, has been sighted for the first time since 2013, raising hope that the critically endangered species can be saved from extinction. The ...

The manumea, a critically endangered ground pigeon and one of the closest living dodo relatives, has been spotted multiple times in a remote Samoan rainforest. When you purchase through links on our ...

The critically endangered manumea, a bird closely related to the extinct dodo, has been sighted in Samoa's rainforest for the first time in years. The Samoa Conservation Society's recent field survey ...

Since last being sighted in 1662, the dodo has become the symbol of extinction. But despite its fame, astonishingly little is known about this large, flightless bird. Scientists are attempting to ...

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