Learn how researchers used mass spectrometry of collagen to successfully identify some of Australia's megafauna.

Scientists have successfully mapped the genome of the Tasmanian tiger, an extinct marsupial native to Australia that was last ...

For the first time in Queensland’s history a conservationist group will release 150 bilbies into the wild near Cunnamulla.

Researchers developed collagen peptide markers to identify three extinct Australian megafauna genera, a hippo-sized wombat, a ...

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 ...

Discover interesting facts about where the Tasmanian tiger lived, what it ate, why and when it went extinct, and whether we could ever bring one back. When you purchase through links on our site ...

The species was declared locally extinct in 2016 and last recorded in the wild more than a century ago, wildlife officials ...

Conservationists recently introduced 15 of the polka-dotted marsupials into a protected area of New South Wales ...

Australia’s invasive species council says that since the European settlement, at least 33 mammal species have become extinct, with many of those marsupials. A historically high rate of ...

The desert rat-kangaroo — a small marsupial species — was declared extinct in 1994. But, scientists believe it could be alive and “evading detection,” according to a new study. Photo from ...

The Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine or Tasmanian wolf, is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that once roamed Australia (including the island of Tasmania) and New Guinea. Tasmanian ...