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 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, it was down to simple human intervention. The animal ...

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 suffered from limited genetic diversity long before they were hunted to extinction, a study of DNA has found. Australian scientists sequenced the genome of the native marsupial ...

This resulted in median extinction dates of 1999 and 2008, with the most likely (overlapping) termination date by the late 1990s—a highly controversial result unless you are a Tasmanian tiger ...

Scientists are on the brink of reviving the Tasmanian tiger, almost a century after it went extinct. Using groundbreaking DNA technology, they hope to reintroduce this apex predator back into the ...

Tim Noonan investigates the ultimate wildlife mystery to find out if the Tasmanian tiger, the world's rarest, most elusive animal, is gone for good or just very good at hiding. Tim Noonan joins ...

Bringing the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction is one of its most sensational projects, but now Colossal Biosciences has announced a new multi-million plan to stop new extinctions in Australia.