Science
One of the world's only two complete dodo skulls reveals new clues about the extinct bird
Key Points
Only two complete dodo skulls are known to exist anywhere in the world: one at the Natural History Museum Denmark and one at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. The specimen housed in Copenhagen has been preserved in the museum's collections for centuries and has now contributed to an international study led by researchers at the University of Lethbridge in Canada investigating a question that has puzzled researchers for generations: How did the dodo experience the world around it?
Only two complete dodo skulls are known to exist anywhere in the world: one at the Natural History Museum Denmark and one at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. The specimen housed in Copenhagen has been preserved in the museum's collections for centuries and has now contributed to an international study led by researchers at the University of Lethbridge in Canada investigating a question that has puzzled researchers for generations: How did the dodo experience the world around it?