They can also be found on every continent except Antarctica. These marsupials are small possums native to Australia and New ...

The last known Tasmanian tiger—the top predator of the southern Australian island—died in 1936. But the U.S.-based bioscience ...

Australian scientists sequenced the genome of the native marsupial, also known as the thylacine. It showed the species, alive until 1936, would have struggled to survive even without human contact.

Throughout history, reports of strange and mysterious creatures have captivated the human imagination. From mythical beasts ...

Colossal, a US firm that is aiming to revive lost species such as the woolly mammoth, says it now has a near-complete genome of the extinct thylacine ...

The question isn’t whether other creatures share our concept of mortality; it’s whether any living being truly grasps what it ...

Colossal Biosciences, a company mainly known for intending to genetically engineer proxies for several iconic extinct species, announced this week that it has made major steps towards the de ...

The northern marsupial mole, or kakarratul, lives in one of the most remote parts of the nation and is so elusive that authorities don't even know how many there are. The palm-sized creatures have ...

as well as learning how to induce ovulation in the tiny marsupial and grow its embryos outside of its womb - similar to techniques used in human IVF. The plan is not without its critics ...

But quality journalism must still be paid for. The creation of the “highest quality” genome of the iconic thylacine, a marsupial native to Australia, was announced on Wednesday by Colossal ...

The thylacine earned its nickname of Tasmanian tiger for the stripes along its back - but it was actually a marsupial, the type of Australian mammal that raises its young in a pouch. The group of ...

They claim to have made more than 300 thylacine-derived genetic “edits” to dunnart cells grown in the lab, as well as learning how to induce ovulation in the tiny marsupial and grow its embryos ...