Dodo: The Famous Extinct Bird
Everything about the dodo: size, habitat, diet, behaviour, extinction timeline, fossil record, and the strange facts that made Raphus cucullatus the most famous extinct bird in history.
July 2025
May 2025
Thylacine: The Largest Marsupial Predator
Everything about the thylacine or Tasmanian tiger: size, stripes, habitat, hunting, jaw gape, the 1936 extinction of Benjamin, de-extinction projects, and the strange facts that made Thylacinus cynocephalus the largest marsupial predator of modern times.
March 2025
Passenger Pigeon: From Abundance to Extinction
Everything about the passenger pigeon: size, habitat, diet, nesting colonies, extinction timeline, and the strange facts that made Ectopistes migratorius go from the most abundant bird in North America to extinct in fifty years.
January 2025
Great Auk: The Original Penguin
Everything about the great auk: size, habitat, diet, behaviour, extinction timeline, surviving specimens, and the strange facts that made Pinguinus impennis the original penguin and the clearest marker of human-caused extinction.