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The now-extinct Tasmanian tiger was hunted out of existence in the early 1900s for killing Australian farmers' sheep. But a new study finds that the tiger was framed. In fact, the animals' jaws were ...

According to the team on this new study, these newly described species are the oldest members of the Thylacines family that scientists have found. [Related: A genetics startup wants to bring the ...

The thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, roamed the Australian mainland, Tasmania and New Guinea for millions of years, up until the last one died in Tasmania in 1936.

It's been nearly 40 years since the extinction of Australia's thylacine, known as the Tasmanian tiger, but reported sightings come by the thousands as people across Tasmania tramp through the dense ...

Thanks to a remarkably well-preserved thylacine skull, scientists managed to assemble the most complete Tasmanian tiger genome to date. At the same time, scientists have also been able to isolate long ...

Scientists from UNSW Sydney have discovered three new species of Thylacines in fossils unearthed from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in Waanyi country of north-western Queensland, Australia. In ...

New footage showing what is being claimed to be an extinct Tasmanian tiger in the wild has attracted huge speculation after years of reported sightings. The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was one of ...

Tasmania's most famous native animal is undoubtedly the "devil" that bears its name, but if it weren't for a boost in notoriety thanks to Looney Tunes, a different resident of the island might have ...

Tasmanian tigers were hunted to extinction decades ago, but a recent scientific breakthrough has raised hope that the animal and potentially other long-lost species could one day be resurrected.

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-extinct" ...