Thylacines — marsupials known as Tasmanian tigers — were declared extinct decades ago, but efforts to find one in the wild ...

Now the "de-extinction" company Colossal Biosciences wants to genetically resurrect the Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) or the Tasmanian wolf.

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 it comes to the Tasmanian tiger, human influence can be blamed for its extinction. But science might have a way to someday reverse that fate.

Texas genetics engineering company Colossal Biosciences is teaming with filmmaker Peter Jackson and New Zealand experts to ...

“Some of those iconic species that feature in our tribal mythology, our storytelling, are very near and dear to us,” says ...

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.

Scientists have successfully mapped the genome of the Tasmanian tiger, an extinct marsupial native to Australia that was last seen in its natural habitat in 1936.

A thylacine or 'Tasmanian wolf', or 'Tasmanian tiger' in captivity, circa 1930. The Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine, is another animal that Colossal says it will try to bring back.

The 'de-extinction' company Colossal and the conservation group Re:wild found common ground in the potential of genetic technology to rescue today's disappearing creatures.