Scientists may be a few steps closer to resurrecting a long-extinct carnivorous marsupial known as the Tasmanian tiger.

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 ...

The thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, went extinct in the 20th century. Scientists are now unraveling its origins and planning to bring it back to life. Colossal ...

Commonly referred to as a Tasmanian tiger, Murray explains the thylacine was actually found Australia wide, with the last of its species confined to Tasmania. She says the extinct carnivore ...