Scientists at Colossal Biosciences may be a few steps closer to resurrecting a long-extinct carnivorous marsupial known as the Tasmanian tiger.

Scientists have used a century-old pickled fossil skull to reconstruct the most complete Tasmanian tiger genome yet. It could help bring the extinct species back to life. The effort was led by the company Colossal Biosciences.

It's been close to a century since the last Tasmanian tiger on the planet died in captivity, but a group of scientists believe they have what it takes to

A Dallas-based biotech company has nearly completed its reconstruction of the Tasmanian tiger just two years into its de-extinction project. The last known thylacine, commonly referred to as the Tasmanian tiger,

Also known as the Tasmanian wolf or thylacine, the Tasmanian tiger lived in Australia and became extinct when the last known tiger died in 1936 at Hobart Zoo.