
Nearly 100 years after its extinction, thylacines may live once again – thanks at least in part to some help from the celebrity Hemsworth brothers.
A University of Melbourne research lab has announced accelerated efforts in the de-extinction of Australia’s only marsupial apex predator, with a partnership with US genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences after a ‘‘giant leap’’ forward in an ambitious project to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger.