What its species name means: Thylacinus cynocephalus means "dog-headed pouched dog." The Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine or Tasmanian wolf, is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that once ...

Australia once had a lion—but not the kind you’re thinking of. Thylacoleo was a razor-toothed, muscle-packed marsupial predator unlike anything alive today. In this video, we explore the fossil ...