Biotech Company Nears Breakthrough in the Resurrection of the Extinct Tasmanian Tiger
2nd November 2025
A Dallas-based biotech company has nearly completed its reconstruction of the Tasmanian tiger just two years into its de-extinction project.
The last known thylacine, commonly referred to as the Tasmanian tiger, died in captivity on Sept. 7, 1936. None have been spotted across Tasmania since, despite countless expeditions attempting to rediscover the tiger.
Without the top predator intact to maintain order and keep the foof chain in check, its former habitat has buckled under pressure as wildfires, disease and invasive species thrived unopposed.