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 ...

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, ...

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.

A Dallas-based biotech company has nearly completed its reconstruction of the Tasmanian tiger just two years into its de-extinction project. The last known thylacine, commonly referred to as the ...

A newly discovered ancestor of the recently extinct carnivores was described today, marking the 88th anniversary of the death of the last thylacine. Reading time 2 minutes Eighty-eight years ago today ...

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 ...

For nearly a century, the Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, has been considered lost to history—a victim of hunting, habitat ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

What if the Tasmanian Tiger isn’t extinct after all? The thylacine, once roaming Australia and New Guinea, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Why scientists and cryptozoologists are still ...