Scientist who is planning to bring Tasmanian Tiger back from extinction explains how it will be done

_{Friday 9th May 2025}

Drawings of thylacine … Once the apex predator of the Aussie island of Tasmania, the creature’s lineage – known scientifically as the thylacine

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.