Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) might be small creatures, but their appetite and effect on their environment are mighty. These marsupials, which typically live only on the island of Tasmania, ...
CANBERRA, Australia -- Tasmania is trying to save the devil. The Tasmanian devil, a ferocious, snarling fox-size marsupial, is in danger of going extinct because of a contagious facial cancer. In the ...
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 ...