Other scientists are calling for data to back up the claim Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent Researchers are trying to "bring back" the thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, a species that has not ...

The Tasmanian tiger was driven to extinction in the 20th century due to hunting, habitat loss and competition, with the last known thylacine dying in captivity in 1936. Though rumors of sightings ...

New footage showing what is being claimed to be an extinct Tasmanian tiger in the wild has attracted huge speculation after ...

head of the lab for the research and restoration of the thylacine at the University of Melbourne, was cited as saying by ABC, "Because people loved thylacines, even back when they were hunting ...

However, thylacines hung on in Tasmania until the British colonized the island and started hunting them. Their numbers ...

Late last week, Colossal released a progress report on the work involved in resurrecting the thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, which went extinct when the last known survivor died in a ...

He also sees de-extinction as a means of righting the historical wrong of the hunting that killed off the thylacine. BEN LAMM: This is a huge opportunity for us to bring back a extinct species and ...

The discovery marks a major milestone in a two-year project to resurrect the extinct animal — a marsupial, known as the thylacine, which went extinct in 1936. The project was able to ...

It's been decades since Australia's thylacine, known as the Tasmanian tiger, was declared extinct and scientists say they've made a breakthrough as they research ways to bring back the carnivore.

The last-known thylacine died in captivity in a Hobart zoo in 1936 with colonial hunting, disease and habitat change blamed for its demise. In a University of Melbourne collaboration ...

DALLAS & MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Colossal, the de-extinction and species preservation company, announces numerous breakthrough successes in all stages of the thylacine de ...