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Graham Cowles, the palaeornithologist who has died aged 92, was head of bird collections at the Natural History Museum. In 1974, on the island of Réunion, he discovered the remains of an extinct semi-flightless bird that proved pivotal in solving the mystery of the quasi-mythical “white dodo”.
Less than 200 years after humanity stumbled upon its habitat in the Mascarene Islands, the dodo bird was completely lost. Today, the dodo is recognized as one of the most famous symbols of human-caused extinction, according to Britannica. However, in recent years, scientists have been toying with the idea of bringing this bird, and other...
<strong>Letters: Diane Ordish </strong>opposes massive industrialisation of the land, and <strong>Anthony Cheke </strong>points to vast unused urban roofs that could be given over to solar farms. Plus a letter from <strong>Francis Creed</strong>
Letters: <strong>Bruce Ross-Smith </strong>and<strong> Anthony Cheke </strong>say the postal service seems unable to deliver anything much at all<strong> </strong>in Oxford. <strong>David Hinchliffe </strong>thinks<strong> </strong>the advice to ‘post early for Christmas’ has never been more important
Guardian bicentenary | Local elections | Singing birds | Cooling towers | Air pollution | Marmalade It is unfair to use cooling towers to illustrate stories about pollution, writes Harold Pearson – the only thing coming out of them is steam. Photograph: Petr Josek Snr/Reuters It is unfair to use cooling towers to illustrate stories about pollution, writes Harold Pearson – the only thing coming out of them is steam. Photograph: Petr Josek Snr/Reuters Letters Thu 6 May 2021 12.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 6 May 2021 12.53 EDT Thank you for your fascinating first edition (5 May 1821). I found...