Last living relative of the dodo spotted in remote rainforest, scientists see faint hope

After years of silence, Samoa’s elusive manumea has been sighted again in remote forests, offering fragile hope for the ...
Morning Overview on MSN

A last-seen dodo cousin just surfaced in a remote Samoan rainforest

Deep in a remote Samoan rainforest, field researchers have just confirmed something many biologists had quietly stopped expecting to see in their lifetimes: a living cousin of the Dodo, still clinging ...

Dodo’s closest living relative spotted in remote South Pacific rainforest

A manumea, the closest living relative of the extinct dodo bird, has been sighted for the first time since 2013, raising hope ...
The New York Times

Is This Bird the Next Dodo?

The slaty-masked tinamou, recently discovered in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That could be its undoing, ornithologists worry. By Joe Trezza Rotund, ground-dwelling and unafraid of humans to ...
BGR

After Being Extinct For Hundreds Of Years, Scientists Are Resurrecting This Bird Species

A biotech startup is taking the first real steps towards bringing the dodo bird back from extinction. No one has seen this bird since the late 17th century, but that doesn't mean it has been forgotten ...
Mongabay

Funding is needed to save Samoa’s ‘little dodo’ from extinction (commentary)

Since 2014, Samoa’s “little dodo” has been listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List: related to the extinct dodo, an adult manumea, as it’s called locally, has not been photographed well ...