Thylacines and placental cainids appear to have a lot in common, but Andrew Pask and Charles Feigin of the University of Melbourne were floored to see the similarities went much deeper than originally believed by mainstream science. Despite belonging to a completely different infraclass than Canis lupus, both sets of DNA exhibit remarkable similarities. Which […]

Here’s an episode of Antiques Roadshow that’s right up Loren Coleman’s alley. Tucked away in a New Zealand drawer was a rare thylacine skin. Fortunately, and sadly, this pelt wasn’t fresh but Tim Binnall notes the family’s windfall will keep them from extinction for a couple decades. Remember Lonesome George, the last-of-his-kind Pinta Island tortoise […]

A gentleman in Australia encountered an unusual, stiff-tailed creature while walking along a trail and had the presence of mind to photograph it with his cellphone. While the resulting image is inconclusive, that tail is compelling. And if you want to educate yourself this year on cryptids, there is a bumper crop of worthwhile programs […]

As sightings of possible Thylacines continue to stack up, Brent Swancer takes us on a tour of some of the most compelling witness accounts, including video footage which we’ll leave to our readers’ discernment. Our one hope is that we learn from history, and if the Tasmanian Tiger is one day proven to still exist, […]

While Greg doesn’t want his last name published, he’s keen on spreading the word about a potential extant Thylacinus specimen roaming his neighborhood. Fortunately Christian Tatman was nearby to spread the word to the faithful. Another romantic who doesn’t want to disbelieve is Jane Goodall. She’s still Open To The Idea Of Bigfoot-Like Creatures existing […]

Paleontologists in Queensland have discovered a Thylacine tooth and are hopeful it will be able to shed more light on the extinction of Tasmanian Tigers. At the very least, it is suspected that the fossil will prove the carnivorous marsupials survived a bit longer in the region than was originally posited. From a different perspective, […]

A photograph of a Thylacine mama and her pups, dating back to 1923, has recently been made available by the granddaughter of the man who allegedly caught the tiger family just a few short years before their declared extinction. Why the interest in a nearly 100-year-old photograph? As Chris Rehberg from the website Where Light […]

A photography and amateur naturalist recently found what he believes is a Thylacine hair among a collection of old microscope slides and samples. The owner of the collection, Chris Rehberg, is especially interested in the Tasmanian Tiger and is currently fundraising in order to “collate accurate and high quality photographs online so that people who […]

First, 83% of statistics are made up. Secondly I shall quote Han Solo, “Never tell me the odds.” The biggest problem with Colin Carlson’s mathematical survey, according to Alice Klein, is the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. QED it’s time for biologists to get their hands dirty out in the field to […]

Sightings of the once-thought-extinct Tasmanian Tiger continue to be reported, encouraging researchers to move their hunt to Cape York Peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia, where the newest sightings have taken place. There will be the strictest of privacy enforced though, to both protect the animals and their habitat, as well as maintain the […]