What killed off the Tasmanian tiger? For a long time, it was believed this enigmatic marsupial went extinct due to being exterminated as a “pest” and competition with newly introduced dingoes. However ...

After seeing off a rival at auction, a British collector says he is now in possession of a "holy grail" — a mounted thylacine head. But the item almost went unnoticed, listed as a 'fox head'.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tasmanian tigers were hunted to extinction decades ago, but a recent scientific breakthrough has raised hope that the animal and ...

Closer to home, scientists in Melbourne, led by Professor Andrew Pask, are on a journey towards a similar scientific ...

Originally thought to be a fox, it was later identified as a rare animal that died out in the 1930s.

The Tasmanian tiger probably died out because of competition from the dingo, whose stronger head and neck could better handle the stresses of tackling bigger prey, according to research on the animals ...

An 8-million-year-old intact femur from the bone-crunching Northern Territory tiger has been found for the first time at the ...