The thylacine earned its nickname of Tasmanian tiger for the stripes along its back - but it was actually a marsupial, the type of Australian mammal that raises its young in a pouch. The group of ...

Scientists may be a few steps closer to resurrecting a long-extinct carnivorous marsupial known as the Tasmanian tiger.

There are many reasons why plants and animals go extinct, but in the case of Australia's thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger ... raised its young in a pouch. The tiger moniker came ...