Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. After the last known Tasmanian tiger died in captivity over ...

The striped dog-like marsupial we know as the Tasmanian tiger has long been surrounded by mystery, and the subject of ...

Archaeologists think some of the paintings may be less than 1,000 years old, even though the animals were thought to have ...

Rock art depictions of thylacines are much more numerous and widespread across mainland Australia than Tasmanian devils.

Discover how Indigenous art from less than 1,000 years ago could reshape what we know about the Tasmanian tiger’s ...

The Tasmanian Tiger was last seen in its native habitat in 1936 Cover Images via AP; Alamy U.S. biotech company Colossal Bioscience and the University of Melbourne are collaborating to revive a number ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. New footage showing what is being claimed to be an extinct Tasmanian tiger in the wild has attracted huge speculation ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on April 14, 2024. The original video can be viewed here. There's the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. And in the Himalayas, there's the yeti, the ...

The thylacine, more commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger, was declared extinct over eight decades ago. However, recent advances in scientific research have enabled the recovery of RNA from this ...

Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas-based biotech and genetic engineering firm, is working to revive extinct animals such as the woolly mammoth and the dodo. In 2024, the company claimed to have ...