In case you weren't aware, the dodo was also a kind of dove. Finally doing the Scooby-Doo and revealing who this bird really was took so long because it’s hard to sequence the DNA of rare animals. You ...

Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and a nose for novelty animal stories. Laura is an editor and staff ...