Nearly 90 years after its extinction, scientists are now trying to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger (officially known as the thylacine), a carnivorous marsupial that was once native to the Australian bush.
Read more: More than 500 animals and birds lost or possibly extinct, new study shows
In a groundbreaking scientific endeavor not unlike the movie Jurassic Park, Dallas-based genetics company Colossal Biosciences announced Tuesday that they are trying to eradicate the thylacine to improve biodiversity and the climate. According to the company’s official website, DNA collected from long-dead thylacines will be used to bring the animal back. The return of the thylacine begins today. Learn about the next wave of wildlife revival: #itiscolossal #deextinction pic.twitter.com/AHVnQtplf8 — Colossal Biosciences (@itiscolossal) August 16, 2022 Story continues below ad The thylacine faced human-caused extinction, Colossal Biosciences claimed. Once considered a pest by European settlers in Australia, the top predator often fed on livestock. For this reason, in 1830 a bounty was imposed on the animal and it was hunted a lot. The last wild thylacine was killed between 1910 and 1920, Colossal Biosciences claimed. The last thylacine, named Benjamin, died in captivity in 1936 at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania. The species was granted protected status in Australia that same year, but it was too late for the former apex predator. “At the top of its own food chain, the thylacine played an important role as a protector of environmental health for the areas it inhabited,” Colossal Biosciences wrote on its website. “Its role as the apex meant that it helped weed out the weak and sick as well as maintaining a balance with competitors that helped ensure species diversity.”
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Scientists claim that when a predator like the thylacine disappears, a process called “Nutritional Degradation” begins. According to Science.org, the extinction of apex predators “may be humanity’s most pervasive influence on nature.” Food degradation plays a role in the presence of disease, fire, carbon sequestration, invasive species, and biogeochemical cycles in wildlife. Story continues below ad The scientific process for reviving the thylacine is, of course, not easy. Researchers will need to use cutting-edge science and technology such as gene editing and artificial insemination of the uterus to successfully achieve the project’s goals. Using a 108-year-old specimen held at Museum Victoria in Australia, Colossal Biosciences claims it will “generate high-quality reference genomes for all of Thylacine’s closest living relatives to determine suitability for engineering.” Introducing @AJ_Pask: As Professor of Life Sciences at @UniMelb, Dr. Pask is the world’s leading marsupial evolutionary biologist and an expert on Tasmanian tigers. Learn more about our scientific advisors: pic.twitter.com/uqrCsHAzsK — Colossal Biosciences (@itiscolossal) August 17, 2022 From there, scientists will identify a “recipient host” and use genome engineering technologies to insert thylacin genes into the genome of a fat-tailed Dunnart. The fat-tailed Dunnart, a mouse-like marsupial, is the closest living relative to the thylacine. According to CNN, the difference in size of the two animals (with the thylacine being 51 to 69 centimeters tall and the dunnart fattail only 60 to 90 millimeters) is not a problem. That’s because “all marsupials give birth to tiny young, sometimes as small as a grain of rice,” CNN reported. Story continues below ad A myriad of other scientific processes will be used to ensure that a fully formed embryo is successfully placed in its surrogate, where it will be gestated for 42 days, according to Colossal Biosciences.
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“Our work did not end with the birth of the first extinct thylacine,” the company wrote. “Working with universities, zoos, governments, wildlife groups and more, we will focus on breeding efforts to create a healthy population in safe conditions.” Eliminating the thylacine is not just the work of Colossal Biosciences. The company also received a US$15 million (over $19 million) investment last year to revive mammoth wool. 5:43 Putting facts to mosquito myths Previous video Next video © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
title: “Scientists Plan To Revive Tasmanian Tiger Extinct Since 1936 National Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-16” author: “John Powell”
Nearly 90 years after its extinction, scientists are now trying to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger (officially known as the thylacine), a carnivorous marsupial that was once native to the Australian bush.
Read more: More than 500 animals and birds lost or possibly extinct, new study shows
In a groundbreaking scientific endeavor not unlike the movie Jurassic Park, Dallas-based genetics company Colossal Biosciences announced Tuesday that they are trying to eradicate the thylacine to improve biodiversity and the climate. According to the company’s official website, DNA collected from long-dead thylacines will be used to bring the animal back. The return of the thylacine begins today. Learn about the next wave of wildlife revival: #itiscolossal #deextinction pic.twitter.com/AHVnQtplf8 — Colossal Biosciences (@itiscolossal) August 16, 2022 Story continues below ad The thylacine faced human-caused extinction, Colossal Biosciences claimed. Once considered a pest by European settlers in Australia, the top predator often fed on livestock. For this reason, in 1830 a bounty was imposed on the animal and it was hunted a lot. The last wild thylacine was killed between 1910 and 1920, Colossal Biosciences claimed. The last thylacine, named Benjamin, died in captivity in 1936 at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania. The species was granted protected status in Australia that same year, but it was too late for the former apex predator. “At the top of its own food chain, the thylacine played an important role as a protector of environmental health for the areas it inhabited,” Colossal Biosciences wrote on its website. “Its role as the apex meant that it helped weed out the weak and sick as well as maintaining a balance with competitors that helped ensure species diversity.”
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Scientists claim that when a predator like the thylacine disappears, a process called “Nutritional Degradation” begins. According to Science.org, the extinction of apex predators “may be humanity’s most pervasive influence on nature.” Food degradation plays a role in the presence of disease, fire, carbon sequestration, invasive species, and biogeochemical cycles in wildlife. Story continues below ad The scientific process for reviving the thylacine is, of course, not easy. Researchers will need to use cutting-edge science and technology such as gene editing and artificial insemination of the uterus to successfully achieve the project’s goals. Using a 108-year-old specimen held at Museum Victoria in Australia, Colossal Biosciences claims it will “generate high-quality reference genomes for all of Thylacine’s closest living relatives to determine suitability for engineering.” Introducing @AJ_Pask: As Professor of Life Sciences at @UniMelb, Dr. Pask is the world’s leading marsupial evolutionary biologist and an expert on Tasmanian tigers. Learn more about our scientific advisors: pic.twitter.com/uqrCsHAzsK — Colossal Biosciences (@itiscolossal) August 17, 2022 From there, scientists will identify a “recipient host” and use genome engineering technologies to insert thylacin genes into the genome of a fat-tailed Dunnart. The fat-tailed Dunnart, a mouse-like marsupial, is the closest living relative to the thylacine. According to CNN, the difference in size of the two animals (with the thylacine being 51 to 69 centimeters tall and the dunnart fattail only 60 to 90 millimeters) is not a problem. That’s because “all marsupials give birth to tiny young, sometimes as small as a grain of rice,” CNN reported. Story continues below ad A myriad of other scientific processes will be used to ensure that a fully formed embryo is successfully placed in its surrogate, where it will be gestated for 42 days, according to Colossal Biosciences.
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“Our work did not end with the birth of the first extinct thylacine,” the company wrote. “Working with universities, zoos, governments, wildlife groups and more, we will focus on breeding efforts to create a healthy population in safe conditions.” Eliminating the thylacine is not just the work of Colossal Biosciences. The company also received a US$15 million (over $19 million) investment last year to revive mammoth wool. 5:43 Putting facts to mosquito myths Previous video Next video © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
title: “Scientists Plan To Revive Tasmanian Tiger Extinct Since 1936 National Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-18” author: “Jennifer Boucher”
Nearly 90 years after its extinction, scientists are now trying to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger (officially known as the thylacine), a carnivorous marsupial that was once native to the Australian bush.
Read more: More than 500 animals and birds lost or possibly extinct, new study shows
In a groundbreaking scientific endeavor not unlike the movie Jurassic Park, Dallas-based genetics company Colossal Biosciences announced Tuesday that they are trying to eradicate the thylacine to improve biodiversity and the climate. According to the company’s official website, DNA collected from long-dead thylacines will be used to bring the animal back. The return of the thylacine begins today. Learn about the next wave of wildlife revival: #itiscolossal #deextinction pic.twitter.com/AHVnQtplf8 — Colossal Biosciences (@itiscolossal) August 16, 2022 Story continues below ad The thylacine faced human-caused extinction, Colossal Biosciences claimed. Once considered a pest by European settlers in Australia, the top predator often fed on livestock. For this reason, in 1830 a bounty was imposed on the animal and it was hunted a lot. The last wild thylacine was killed between 1910 and 1920, Colossal Biosciences claimed. The last thylacine, named Benjamin, died in captivity in 1936 at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania. The species was granted protected status in Australia that same year, but it was too late for the former apex predator. “At the top of its own food chain, the thylacine played an important role as a protector of environmental health for the areas it inhabited,” Colossal Biosciences wrote on its website. “Its role as the apex meant that it helped weed out the weak and sick as well as maintaining a balance with competitors that helped ensure species diversity.”
Read more: Prehistoric shark tooth fossil discovered by young boy in central Alberta backyard
Scientists claim that when a predator like the thylacine disappears, a process called “Nutritional Degradation” begins. According to Science.org, the extinction of apex predators “may be humanity’s most pervasive influence on nature.” Food degradation plays a role in the presence of disease, fire, carbon sequestration, invasive species, and biogeochemical cycles in wildlife. Story continues below ad The scientific process for reviving the thylacine is, of course, not easy. Researchers will need to use cutting-edge science and technology such as gene editing and artificial insemination of the uterus to successfully achieve the project’s goals. Using a 108-year-old specimen held at Museum Victoria in Australia, Colossal Biosciences claims it will “generate high-quality reference genomes for all of Thylacine’s closest living relatives to determine suitability for engineering.” Introducing @AJ_Pask: As Professor of Life Sciences at @UniMelb, Dr. Pask is the world’s leading marsupial evolutionary biologist and an expert on Tasmanian tigers. Learn more about our scientific advisors: pic.twitter.com/uqrCsHAzsK — Colossal Biosciences (@itiscolossal) August 17, 2022 From there, scientists will identify a “recipient host” and use genome engineering technologies to insert thylacin genes into the genome of a fat-tailed Dunnart. The fat-tailed Dunnart, a mouse-like marsupial, is the closest living relative to the thylacine. According to CNN, the difference in size of the two animals (with the thylacine being 51 to 69 centimeters tall and the dunnart fattail only 60 to 90 millimeters) is not a problem. That’s because “all marsupials give birth to tiny young, sometimes as small as a grain of rice,” CNN reported. Story continues below ad A myriad of other scientific processes will be used to ensure that a fully formed embryo is successfully placed in its surrogate, where it will be gestated for 42 days, according to Colossal Biosciences.
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“Our work did not end with the birth of the first extinct thylacine,” the company wrote. “Working with universities, zoos, governments, wildlife groups and more, we will focus on breeding efforts to create a healthy population in safe conditions.” Eliminating the thylacine is not just the work of Colossal Biosciences. The company also received a US$15 million (over $19 million) investment last year to revive mammoth wool. 5:43 Putting facts to mosquito myths Previous video Next video © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
title: “Scientists Plan To Revive Tasmanian Tiger Extinct Since 1936 National Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-16” author: “Traci Buckley”
Nearly 90 years after its extinction, scientists are now trying to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger (officially known as the thylacine), a carnivorous marsupial that was once native to the Australian bush.
Read more: More than 500 animals and birds lost or possibly extinct, new study shows
In a groundbreaking scientific endeavor not unlike the movie Jurassic Park, Dallas-based genetics company Colossal Biosciences announced Tuesday that they are trying to eradicate the thylacine to improve biodiversity and the climate. According to the company’s official website, DNA collected from long-dead thylacines will be used to bring the animal back. The return of the thylacine begins today. Learn about the next wave of wildlife revival: #itiscolossal #deextinction pic.twitter.com/AHVnQtplf8 — Colossal Biosciences (@itiscolossal) August 16, 2022 Story continues below ad The thylacine faced human-caused extinction, Colossal Biosciences claimed. Once considered a pest by European settlers in Australia, the top predator often fed on livestock. For this reason, in 1830 a bounty was imposed on the animal and it was hunted a lot. The last wild thylacine was killed between 1910 and 1920, Colossal Biosciences claimed. The last thylacine, named Benjamin, died in captivity in 1936 at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania. The species was granted protected status in Australia that same year, but it was too late for the former apex predator. “At the top of its own food chain, the thylacine played an important role as a protector of environmental health for the areas it inhabited,” Colossal Biosciences wrote on its website. “Its role as the apex meant that it helped weed out the weak and sick as well as maintaining a balance with competitors that helped ensure species diversity.”
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Scientists claim that when a predator like the thylacine disappears, a process called “Nutritional Degradation” begins. According to Science.org, the extinction of apex predators “may be humanity’s most pervasive influence on nature.” Food degradation plays a role in the presence of disease, fire, carbon sequestration, invasive species, and biogeochemical cycles in wildlife. Story continues below ad The scientific process for reviving the thylacine is, of course, not easy. Researchers will need to use cutting-edge science and technology such as gene editing and artificial insemination of the uterus to successfully achieve the project’s goals. Using a 108-year-old specimen held at Museum Victoria in Australia, Colossal Biosciences claims it will “generate high-quality reference genomes for all of Thylacine’s closest living relatives to determine suitability for engineering.” Introducing @AJ_Pask: As Professor of Life Sciences at @UniMelb, Dr. Pask is the world’s leading marsupial evolutionary biologist and an expert on Tasmanian tigers. Learn more about our scientific advisors: pic.twitter.com/uqrCsHAzsK — Colossal Biosciences (@itiscolossal) August 17, 2022 From there, scientists will identify a “recipient host” and use genome engineering technologies to insert thylacin genes into the genome of a fat-tailed Dunnart. The fat-tailed Dunnart, a mouse-like marsupial, is the closest living relative to the thylacine. According to CNN, the difference in size of the two animals (with the thylacine being 51 to 69 centimeters tall and the dunnart fattail only 60 to 90 millimeters) is not a problem. That’s because “all marsupials give birth to tiny young, sometimes as small as a grain of rice,” CNN reported. Story continues below ad A myriad of other scientific processes will be used to ensure that a fully formed embryo is successfully placed in its surrogate, where it will be gestated for 42 days, according to Colossal Biosciences.
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“Our work did not end with the birth of the first extinct thylacine,” the company wrote. “Working with universities, zoos, governments, wildlife groups and more, we will focus on breeding efforts to create a healthy population in safe conditions.” Eliminating the thylacine is not just the work of Colossal Biosciences. The company also received a US$15 million (over $19 million) investment last year to revive mammoth wool. 5:43 Putting facts to mosquito myths Previous video Next video © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
title: “Scientists Plan To Revive Tasmanian Tiger Extinct Since 1936 National Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-07” author: “Cynthia Garrison”
Nearly 90 years after its extinction, scientists are now trying to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger (officially known as the thylacine), a carnivorous marsupial that was once native to the Australian bush.
Read more: More than 500 animals and birds lost or possibly extinct, new study shows
In a groundbreaking scientific endeavor not unlike the movie Jurassic Park, Dallas-based genetics company Colossal Biosciences announced Tuesday that they are trying to eradicate the thylacine to improve biodiversity and the climate. According to the company’s official website, DNA collected from long-dead thylacines will be used to bring the animal back. The return of the thylacine begins today. Learn about the next wave of wildlife revival: #itiscolossal #deextinction pic.twitter.com/AHVnQtplf8 — Colossal Biosciences (@itiscolossal) August 16, 2022 Story continues below ad The thylacine faced human-caused extinction, Colossal Biosciences claimed. Once considered a pest by European settlers in Australia, the top predator often fed on livestock. For this reason, in 1830 a bounty was imposed on the animal and it was hunted a lot. The last wild thylacine was killed between 1910 and 1920, Colossal Biosciences claimed. The last thylacine, named Benjamin, died in captivity in 1936 at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania. The species was granted protected status in Australia that same year, but it was too late for the former apex predator. “At the top of its own food chain, the thylacine played an important role as a protector of environmental health for the areas it inhabited,” Colossal Biosciences wrote on its website. “Its role as the apex meant that it helped weed out the weak and sick as well as maintaining a balance with competitors that helped ensure species diversity.”
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Scientists claim that when a predator like the thylacine disappears, a process called “Nutritional Degradation” begins. According to Science.org, the extinction of apex predators “may be humanity’s most pervasive influence on nature.” Food degradation plays a role in the presence of disease, fire, carbon sequestration, invasive species, and biogeochemical cycles in wildlife. Story continues below ad The scientific process for reviving the thylacine is, of course, not easy. Researchers will need to use cutting-edge science and technology such as gene editing and artificial insemination of the uterus to successfully achieve the project’s goals. Using a 108-year-old specimen held at Museum Victoria in Australia, Colossal Biosciences claims it will “generate high-quality reference genomes for all of Thylacine’s closest living relatives to determine suitability for engineering.” Introducing @AJ_Pask: As Professor of Life Sciences at @UniMelb, Dr. Pask is the world’s leading marsupial evolutionary biologist and an expert on Tasmanian tigers. Learn more about our scientific advisors: pic.twitter.com/uqrCsHAzsK — Colossal Biosciences (@itiscolossal) August 17, 2022 From there, scientists will identify a “recipient host” and use genome engineering technologies to insert thylacin genes into the genome of a fat-tailed Dunnart. The fat-tailed Dunnart, a mouse-like marsupial, is the closest living relative to the thylacine. According to CNN, the difference in size of the two animals (with the thylacine being 51 to 69 centimeters tall and the dunnart fattail only 60 to 90 millimeters) is not a problem. That’s because “all marsupials give birth to tiny young, sometimes as small as a grain of rice,” CNN reported. Story continues below ad A myriad of other scientific processes will be used to ensure that a fully formed embryo is successfully placed in its surrogate, where it will be gestated for 42 days, according to Colossal Biosciences.
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“Our work did not end with the birth of the first extinct thylacine,” the company wrote. “Working with universities, zoos, governments, wildlife groups and more, we will focus on breeding efforts to create a healthy population in safe conditions.” Eliminating the thylacine is not just the work of Colossal Biosciences. The company also received a US$15 million (over $19 million) investment last year to revive mammoth wool. 5:43 Putting facts to mosquito myths Previous video Next video © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
