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Nocturnal dodo? Study suggests we were very wrong about Mauritius' iconic flightless bird


Researchers continue to rage against the dumb-dodo myth with more evidence that the iconic flightless bird was smarter than early accounts suggest ‪—‬ and might have even been nocturnal.

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