Research could rescue fragile ecosystems and halt complex cascade events.

The appearances of dozens of extinct species of animals that lived alongside the dodo on several Indian Ocean islands have been replicated, researchers say. Portsmouth University paleobiologist Dr.

LEIDEN, The Netherlands, August 15 /PRNewswire/ -- An excavation by a joint Mauritian and European research team of the Dodo Research Programme at Mare aux Songes, Mauritius, has uncovered nearly 150 fossil bones from the dodo.

A dodo dances behind Sen. Chris Buttars, left, and Salt Lake County Assessor Lee Gardner at the Capitol Monday. It was promoting "Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus," which explores the controversy over evolution.

Recently a scientist noticed that a certain species of tree was becoming quite rare on the Island of Mauritius. In fact, he noticed that all 13 of the remaining trees of this species were about 300 years old. No new trees had germinated since the late 1600s.