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Articles related to thylacine

Two Tasmanian tigers in Hobart Zoo prior to 1921. Photographer unknown.
Feature: The Thylacine Myth
Marie Attard & Stephen Wroe
A new study of the biomechanics of the Tasmanian tiger’s skull debunks the hysteria behind the campaign that led to its extinction.
 Browse: Dingos May Have Outfoxed Tigers
Stephen Luntz
New evidence suggests that thylacines were driven to extinction on the mainland by dingo attacks rather than competition for food, as previously thought.
Browse: Evidence that Climate Change Caused Thylacine’s Mysterious Loss from Australia’s Mainland