See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. De-extinction scientists are hoping to bring back a long lost "tiger" ...

Some geneticists have welcomed the scrapping of the Tasmanian tiger cloning project, arguing it is a waste of precious resources. The Australian Museum yesterday announced its decision to dump the ...

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 last ...

“In this photo I’m checking my team’s store of stem cells of the fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata), a mouse-like marsupial that is the closest living relative of the thylacine, or ...

SYDNEY (dpa) – So you thought cloning Dolly the sheep was complex science? Try bringing back to life the thylacine, a curious dog-like creature that was declared extinct when the last of its line died ...

Scientists estimate that approximately 900 species have gone extinct in the last five centuries alone, to say nothing of the thousands or millions that vanished from life in the billions of years ...

Linkage here. <BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Conjuring images of Jurassic Park, Australian scientists say they are on ...

"Danger," says the sign on the door of a laboratory at the Australian Museum in Sydney: "Tasmanian Tiger, Trespassers will be eaten!" The joke is that the Tasmanian tiger—a beloved symbol of the ...

Bringing extinct animals back from the dead is no longer the realm of science fiction but is fast becoming a scientific reality. Around the world, research is ongoing to bring back key species using ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. If you haven't heard of the Tasmanian ...