Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) in captivity, circa 1930. A Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine (Thylacinus ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close-up of a Sumatran tiger in a jungle. Extinct Javan tigers, which disappeared almost 50 years ago, could still be alive, ...

Editor’s Note: “This Is Life with Lisa Ling” discovers the fate of hundreds of tigers bred and held captive by the so-called Tiger King. Watch the episode now on CNNgo. All-new episodes air Sundays at ...

Five years ago, Kalih Raksasewu was getting his car tuned when his mechanic shared a curious tidbit: He had stumbled upon a tiger near his home. The startled creature jumped a fence and vanished, the ...

Scientists have extracted RNA from a Tasmanian tiger, marking the first time this molecule has ever been sequenced in an extinct animal. Like DNA, RNA (ribonucleic acid) carries genetic information.

Dr. Mrinalini Watsa, a researcher at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance in California, scoops up soil from a fresh paw print made by Rakan, a 4-year-old male Sumatran tiger who lives at the San Diego Zoo ...

CNN — Dr. Mrinalini Watsa, a researcher at San Diego Zoo in California, scoops up soil from a fresh paw print made by Rakan, a 4-year-old male Sumatran tiger who lives at the zoo, and secures it in a ...