Restoring the thylacine

_{Thursday 3rd March 2022}

No longer science fiction: $5M gift brings de-extinction of the thylacineone step closer

The University of Melbourne is establishing a world-class research lab for de-extinction and marsupial conservation science thanks to a $5 million …

Jonathan Downes

Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and a six year old granddaughter called Evelyn.