What its species name means: Thylacinus cynocephalus means "dog-headed pouched dog." The Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine or Tasmanian wolf, is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that once ...

Scientists may be a few steps closer to resurrecting a long-extinct carnivorous marsupial known as the Tasmanian tiger. Colossal Biosciences, a company known for its genetic research to "de-extinct" ...

What killed off the Tasmanian tiger? For a long time, it was believed this enigmatic marsupial went extinct due to being exterminated as a “pest” and competition with newly introduced dingoes. However ...

Tasmania's most famous native animal is undoubtedly the "devil" that bears its name, but if it weren't for a boost in notoriety thanks to Looney Tunes, a different resident of the island might have ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - The last Tasmanian tiger died in captivity in 1936. Nearly 100 years later, scientists believe they are on the edge of reviving the species. The Tasmanian tiger is a bit of a misnomer ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, ...

The Tasmanian Tiger was last seen in its native habitat in 1936 Madison E. Goldberg received her B.S. in Journalism and double minors in publishing and photography from Emerson College in 2022, Cum ...

Thanks to a remarkably well-preserved thylacine skull, scientists managed to assemble the most complete Tasmanian tiger genome to date. At the same time, scientists have also been able to isolate long ...