Canine teeth have evolved in special ways to help each mammal species kill and eat their favourite prey – helping to make them some of nature’s most successful predators.
The Tasmanian tiger's superficial appearance was so similar to a wolf's that European colonists assumed it was a threat, and hunted it to extinction.
We’re kicking off Series 4 of What Happens Next by looking back, way back. This time we’ll ponder what happens if we stop exploring natural history – what would we lose?
The “Tasmanian tiger” was hunted to extinction based on its perceived size as a predator big enough to take sheep, but new research shows it weighed just 16.7kg.
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