A newly discovered ancestor of the recently extinct carnivores was described today, marking the 88th anniversary of the death ...

Tasmanian tigers are a group of extinct marsupials called Thylacines that roamed New Guinea, the Australian mainland, and ...

The animal was a thylacine, more commonly known as a Tasmanian tiger. Thousands of the predator called the island home when ...

The menacing marsupials allegedly cause thousands of injuries across Australia each year, although this will generally only occur if they sense danger to themselves or their offspring.

Three newfound thylacine relatives recently unearthed in Australia suggest that marsupial predators were more widespread in ...

A koala has been spotted ambling through an Australian small-town food store, briefly clambering out of the trees to take a peek at the day's groceries.

For decades it was believed Australia's native dingoes originally migrated from Thailand or India. A new study challenges ...

Discover interesting facts about where the Tasmanian tiger lived, what it ate, why and when it went extinct, and whether we could ever bring one back. What its species name means: Thylacinus ...

Speaking of the incident, a KFC spokesperson confirmed with Yahoo News Australia the kangaroo "hopped its way into KFC Busselton on Sunday". "After roaming the restaurant for a bit, it then decided it ...

Australia has added 750 new species of plants, animals, fungi and other organisms to its official list of species living on ...

Tasmanian tigers are a group of extinct marsupials called Thylacines that roamed New Guinea, the Australian mainland, and Tasmania about 23 to 25 million years ago during the late Oligocene Epoch.