As my plane began descending over hundreds of acres of misty, dense forest intermittently broken up by orange-green hill ...

It can weigh up to 400,000 pounds and reach a length of 98 feet. The giant’s heart is the size of a car. One of the most ...

The oldest of the new species is Badjcinus timfaulkneri, which at an estimated 11 kilogrammes is also the largest. Not only ...

New ‘bone-crushing’ Tasmanian tiger ancestor discovered in Australia - Tasmanian tiger went extinct 88 years ago ...

The animal was a thylacine, more commonly known as a Tasmanian tiger. Thousands of the predator called the island home when ...

Eighty-eight years ago today, the last of the Tasmanian tigers, also known as the Thylacine, died in the Beaumaris Zoo in ...

Bone crusher The largest of these new species, Badjcinus timfaulkneri, weighed between 7 and 11 kilograms – about the same size as a large Tasmanian devil. Named after director and co-owner of the ...

It weighed between 15 to 24 pounds, about the size of a large Tasmanian devil. B. timfaulkneri had an extremely thick jawbone that would have allowed it to eat its prey’s teeth and bones–also ...

The bone-crushing fossilised jaws were one of three Tasmanian tiger ancestors uncovered by palaeontologists, amid a ...

Three new ancient species of Tasmanian tigers have been discovered ... They were about the size of a dog and are known for distinctive stripes and sharp claws. According to the team on this ...