Tasmania

Search ongoing for extinct Tasmanian tiger amid efforts to revive species | 60 Minutes – CBS News Watch CBS News Thylacines — marsupials known as Tasmanian tigers — were declared extinct decades ago, but efforts to find one in the wild are thriving. Scientists are also working to bring back the species. Be the first … Read more

This is an updated version of a story first published on April 14, 2024. The original video can be viewed here.  There’s the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. And in the Himalayas, there’s the yeti, the Abominable Snowman. In Tasmania—a teardrop of an island under the eye of the Australian mainland—there’s the thylacine… a creature, as … Read more