Declared extinct decades ago, the Tasmanian tiger - or thylacine - still sparks rumors, sightings, and debates. In this video ...

The thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, was declared extinct decades ago, so a confirmed sighting would certainly be cause for celebration. Unfortunately, ...

The last known thylacine died in 1936 but the species was not declared officially extinct since 1986. Artist's illustration of the extinct thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger.

The thylacine was probably already a rare species in the early years of the European settlement of Tasmania. It is also possible that an epidemic disease decimated the remaining animals.

Geneticists have for the first time isolated and decoded RNA molecules from a creature that died out long ago. The genetic material — which came from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine ...

The Australian government recently released a list of documented thylacine—also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf—sightings.; The thylacine was thought to be extinct for the past ...

The last thylacine died in a zoo in 1936 (you can still watch eerie footage of it), and at that point no one had seen one in the wild for three years.

A thylacine, aka the Tasmanian wolf or Tasmanian tiger, in captivity, circa 1930. These animals are thought to be extinct, since the last known wild thylacine was shot in 1930 and the last captive ...

The thylacine—also called the Tasmanian tiger or the marsupial wolf—was a carnivorous marsupial endemic to Tasmania and, in the more ancient past, Australia.