Scientists “closer than ever” to bringing extinct Tasmanian tiger back from the dead SCIENTISTS are closer than ever to bringing the extinct Tasmanian tiger back from the dead, with scientists planning to draw inspiration from similar efforts to clone the woolly mammoth. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Out There: Bob Dylan Won. But in Science, the Times They Aren’t A-Changin’.Where’s the Love for Donkeys?W. Dudley Johnson, Heart Bypass Surgery Pioneer, Dies at 86Meet the Leading Expert on Political Leaders’ Health, and His ‘West Wing’ DoppelgängerOf Jacks and Jennets: Facts About DonkeysNewfound Millipede Is Toothy, Poisonous and Quite Male