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Even though we might be able to bring the thylacine back from extinction this science exhibition asks whether we should.

A $5 million research lab is being created in Melbourne to develop technology to bring the Tasmanian tiger back to life.

The Tasmanian tiger species could be brought back to life by scientists at the University of Melbourne in a...

Tasmanian tigers went extinct in 1936 but scientists in Australia believe they can resurrect the species using gene editing technology.

Tasmania’s thylacine is usually called the Tasmanian tiger because of its stripes and the more fearsome reputation of that animal compared to Tasmanian wolf – the other name for the creature that is not related to either and a marsupial rather than a placental mammal. However, some thylacine researchers have proposed a “convergent evolution” between Tasmanian wolves and actual ones ( Canis lupus) where the species both developed similar traits by existing in similar times and climates w...