The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, remains a mythic creature in Australian folklore and a number of independent groups have scoured the Tasmanian wilderness seeking signs the tiger still exists.

Nearly 80 years after it was thought to have gone extinct, multiple witnesses have reported seeing a Tasmanian tiger. According to a newly released document from Tasmania's Department of Primary ...

Benjamin was the last-known remaining Tasmanian tiger at the time of his death in 1936. According to the National Museum of Australia, the species was once the world's largest marsupial carnivore ...

T he Tasmanian tiger, ... Scientists have sequenced every thylacine gene, and they are planning to bring the extinct creatures back to life. One company says it could be done by 2028.

Genetics start-up Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences announces de-extinction effort to bring the Tasmanian tiger back to life. By Laura Baisas. Published Aug 17, 2022 9:30 AM EDT.

The Tasmanian tiger was put on the extinct list in 1986, ... He says he'd be the first person to line up and see a Tasmanian tiger if the species were actually brought back to life.

Also known as the Tasmanian wolf or thylacine, the Tasmanian tiger lived in Australia and became extinct when the last known tiger died in 1936 at Hobart Zoo.

If you haven't heard of the Tasmanian tiger, it's not because it's unworthy of discussion: it's famously not a feline but a dog-like marsupial, a predator that humans hunted to extinction. The ...

De-extinction scientists are hoping to bring back a long lost "tiger" back to life, almost 100 years after the last of its kind died. ... The last living Tasmanian tiger died in captivity in 1936.

The results, when compared to the Tasmanian tiger's closest living relative, the Tasmanian devil, suggest that the larger-brained thylacine had more cortex devoted to planning and decision-making.

The Tasmanian tiger, a large striped carnivore, is believed to have gone extinct over 80 years ago – but newly released Australian government documents show sightings have been reported as ...

PLOS. (2017, January 18). The tasmanian tiger had a brain structure suited to a predatory life style. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 01 ...