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A diseased Tasmanian devil has been filmed on a farm in the state's north-west. The state's environment department says the devil has "emaciation and fur loss associated with severe disease" and ...
Tasmanian devils are the largest carnivorous marsupials. They typically weigh 9 to 26 pounds and measure 20 to 31 inches in body length, excluding their bushy tail. Tasmanian devils are robust ...
Declining numbers of the endangered Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) are affecting the evolutionary genetics of a small predator, the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), according to ...
The “Tasmanian Devil” not only evolved faster than a supernova, but 14 individual flares were observed, lighting up over a stretch of several months, or about a hundred days.
There are three known wild contagious cancers in vertebrates, and Tasmanian devils have two of them. What does that mean for the endangered marsupials? By Jessica Wynne Lockhart/Hakai Magazine ...
Tasmanian devil joeys born last year in a mainland breeding program have been captured and "audited", with researchers saying they appear healthy and happy.
The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a raccoon-sized marsupial—the world's largest carnivorous marsupial, in fact—found almost exclusively on the Australian island state of Tasmania ...
An Australian woman found a Tasmanian devil in her house after mistaking it for her dog's stuffed toy, according to a report. Kirsten Muhle Lynch At least this loony Tasmanian devil didn’t bring ...
Tasmanian devils have evolved to overcome devil facial tumour disease. For decades, Tasmanian devil populations have been devastated by devil facial tumour disease (DFTD). The disease first emerged in ...
Currently, Tasmanian devils are listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. JJ Harrison via Wikicommons under CC BY-SA 3.0 To safeguard the endangered Tasmanian devil's ...
Tasmanian devils were introduced to Maria Island in 2012 to protect them. A deadly facial cancer had driven the animals to the brink of extinction, prompting action to save them.