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 ...

Tasmanian tigers were hunted to extinction decades ago, but a recent scientific breakthrough has raised hope that the animal and potentially other long-lost species could one day be resurrected.

(Reuters) - The Tasmanian tiger, a dog-sized striped carnivorous marsupial also called the thylacine, once roamed the Australian continent and adjacent islands, an apex predator that hunted kangaroos ...

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" ...

Jurassic Park could be one step closer to reality. According to Techly, scientists might attempt to bring back the Tasmanian tiger, a striped Australian animal that went extinct over 80 years ago, ...

A team of researchers managed to isolate and sequence century-old RNA from the thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger. Reading time 3 minutes The last known thylacine—the largest marsupial ...

Parasites that once feasted on the extinct Tasmanian tiger, otherwise known as the Thylacine, surprisingly still exist today. One of these parasites, a species of flea, has managed to survive even ...

Now, a story about how a chance encounter in an Australian museum may help bring back the extinct Tasmanian tiger. Here's science reporter, Ari Daniel. ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: Biologist Andrew Pask spends ...

Depending on whom you ask, the Tasmanian tiger or thylacine has either been extinct for nearly a century or has been just really good at hiding. Now new research examining hundreds of reports from ...

A team of paleogeneticists is a winner of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for recovering RNA from a museum specimen of a thylacine, the extinct marsupial popularly known as the Tasmanian tiger. Can ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? The Tasmanian Tiger, or thylacine, is a carnivorous marsupial that’s been extinct for ...

RNA taken from the desiccated remains of a thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, could yield a new understanding of the species, which was declared extinct over 40 years ago. This is the first time RNA has ...