The thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, went extinct in the 20th century. Scientists are now ...

The very last Tasmanian tiger is thought to have died at a zoo ... to determine the genes that produce the thylacine's distinct jaw and skull shape by comparing the thylacine, wolf, and dog ...

I write about the world of biology. After the last known Tasmanian tiger died in captivity over 80 years ago, this marsupial predator ... [+] might be a few steps away from a return to the world ...

Researchers in Australia and the US are embarking on a multi-million dollar project to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction. The last known one, officially called a thylacine ...

Scientists have taken another step towards the resurrection of the Tasmanian tiger with the first successful recovery of RNA from an extinct species. RNA is the genetic material present in all ...

Tasmanian tigers were quite similar to wolves or dogs in appearance, with short, sandy or yellowish fur, short pointy ears, a powerful jaw and a long stiff tail. The thylacine was carnivorous ...