In a groundbreaking achievement, scientists have achieved a remarkable feat – the isolation and sequencing of RNA molecules from an extinct species. This pioneering endeavor involved studying a well-preserved specimen of a Tasmanian tiger, which had been dried and stored at room temperature for over a century in a museum collection. The implications of this milestone are profound, particularly... 

The remains of the last-known thylacine, thought for decades to have been lost, have been rediscovered sitting in a cupboard in a Tasmanian museum. The last-known Tasmanian tiger Benjamin died in Hobart’s Beaumaris Zoo on the night of September 7, 1936 and its body was presumed to have been discarded. However, researchers recently realised the remains actually entered the collection of the Tasmanian...