Duo was fatally hit by a Tesla Cybertruck, the language-learning company announced this week. The snarky owl has been the face of Duolingo for over a decade. Why his sudden demise, and what's next?

"Who ever runs Duolingo’s socials needs a raise," an X user demanded. Scores online poked fun at the new icon: "Duolingo went from friendly to full-on hostage negotiator," someone online noted.

The company told investors that its "unhinged and viral marketing campaigns" helped add more users.

The app’s icon has also changed to the dead-looking owl, but within the app itself he appears to be alive and well. Duolingo told CNN in an email that it planned to reveal more on social media ...

On today’s episode of completely unexpected moves in the tech world, the Duolingo owl has mysteriously died. The popular language-learning platform announced on February 11, 2025, that its icon ...

We caught up with James Kuczynski during SXSW to find out why, when it came to a certain owl, the brand killed it in every ...

Duolingo’s mascot, Duo the owl, is dead. Okay, Duo isn’t really dead (we think), but the language learning app committed so hard to this bit that its CEO, Luis von Ahn, read a eulogy for this ...

Duolingo has replaced its social media profile photos and app icon to an image of the dead owl, with Xs for eyes. A TikTok video shared by the brand shows a person dressed up as the bird being ...

The language-learning app Duolingo announced on Feb 11 that its make-believe mascot, Duo the Owl, mysteriously died; and the internet has been trying to figure it out. That day, a Duolingo ...