You’ve probably heard of the dodo bird, a now-extinct species that today can only be seen in museums. Popular culture often portrays it as a fat, clumsy bird, sometimes even in movies or cartoons. But beyond this caricature, how much do you actually know about the dodo—what it looked like, where i...
Humans are not always good at self-control, especially when the things they face seem both rich and mouth-watering. Although species extinctions often have multiple causes, the extinction of some species can be almost directly linked to the voracious appetites of modern humans. Read on to learn abou...
Currently, 1,212 of the 9,775 species of birds in the world are on the verge of extinction. Do you know which birds are on the verge of extinction due to human factors? This article lists for you the top ten disappearing birds in the world, namely the elephant bird, the dodo, the Mauritian ra...