Reviving an extinct tiger
More than 60 years after its extinction, the museum launched a project to clone the Tasmanian tiger, more correctly known as the thylacine, a lost icon of Australia’s island state. This pup’s DNA was the starting point, due to its remarkable state of preservation.

From its vault in Sydney’s Australian Museum, a pickled Tasmanian tiger pup has brought the prospect of reviving an extinct species to the verge of reality, bringing mixed reactions of wonder and terror.
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