A contagious cancer wiped out about 90% of the marsupials in recent years. The Tasmanian devil, the feisty marsupial that only resided on the island of Tasmania for the last 3,000 years, has been ...

For such a foul-tempered, ferocious and smelly creature, the Tasmanian devil is beloved in its native Australia, where it is considered a symbol of the country’s frontier toughness. (The dog-sized ...

(CNN) -- Eleven Tasmanian devils have been reintroduced to mainland Australia, more than 3,000 years after they died out there. The carnivorous marsupials have been released into a 400-hectare ...

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 ...

On the other side of the world, even wild animals are getting into the holiday spirit. Marley and Moose, two Tasmanian devil babies at the Australian Reptile Park, had fun in a specially-built winter ...