The tiger moniker came from the fact the creature ... resembled a wolf — hence the creature's other nickname, the Tasmanian wolf. By the early 20th century, the thylacine had died out on ...

They had found the material that might one day bring the Tasmanian tiger back to life ... closely resembles that of the red ...

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 ...

Tasmanian tigers suffered from limited genetic ... The scientists found that thylacine skulls bore similarities to the grey wolf and red fox, despite the animals not sharing a common ancestor ...

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 ...