Centuries ago, Mauritius held a world unlike anything sailors expected to find. The island sat far from major travel routes, and its wildlife evolved without outside pressure. The dodo lived at the ...

An audacious collaboration between geneticists and conservationists plans to bring back the extinct dodo and reintroduce it to its once-native habitat in Mauritius. US-based biotechnology and genetic ...

The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius can’t seem to catch a break from major pollution events. It is currently dealing with a second major oil spill in the country. The oil pipeline from the storage ...

New laser scans of the dodo, perhaps the most famous animal to have gone extinct in human history, have unexpectedly exposed portions of its anatomy unknown to science, which are revealing secrets ...

From turquoise coasts to colonial estates and bustling markets, these Mauritius tourist places showcase the island’s most iconic experiences.

Located far out in the Indian Ocean, the island of Mauritius was once home to the dodo, a flightless bird that, without ...

As for studying the bird once reintroduced, “at best, Colossal can only produce a bird with some dodo-like qualities, and a bird that has no inherent idea of how to live in the wild, so it would be ...