On September 7, 1936, the last Tasmanian tiger died in captivity in Hobart's Beaumaris Zoo. Or so we thought. Last month, Tasmania's Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment ...

There are many reasons why plants and animals go extinct, but in the case of Australia's thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, it was down to simple human intervention. The animal ...

There was a lot of hype about an American company's announcement about ancient dire wolves. It raises questions about the bid ...

The pups, named Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi, represent the first successful “de-extinction” of an ancient species. They were ...

A team of scientists from Australia and the US say they've had an exciting breakthrough in trying to bring back the Tasmanian tiger from extinction. The tiger, also known as Thylacine, was a wolf ...

"Danger," says the sign on the door of a laboratory at the Australian Museum in Sydney: "Tasmanian Tiger, Trespassers will be eaten!" The joke is that the Tasmanian tiger—a beloved symbol of the ...