The Tasmanian devil is known for its powerful jaws, frightening screeches and foul temper. Lately, though, it has earned a more dubious claim to fame: A strange and devastating disease is ravaging ...

An effort to save the Tasmanian devil population has resulted in another species being wiped out. About a decade ago, 3,000 little penguins called Maria Island, an island east of Tasmania ...

Australian scientists said Wednesday that the discovery of a genetically distinct colony of Tasmanian devils may save the species ... their internal organs. Devil Facial Tumor Disease was ...

Efforts to save Australia’s endangered Tasmanian devil population led to thousands of sea birds being wiped out on an island in the Tasman Sea, according to local environmentalists. A number of ...

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Zoo has joined a long-odds international effort to save one of nature’s tough guys: the Tasmanian devil. Although possessed of sharp fangs, a powerful jaw and a ...

The research also found that the two Tasmanian devil transmissible cancers are very similar to each other, and likely both arose due to susceptibilities inherent to the devils themselves. Tasmanian ...

Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) is a rare contagious facial tumour, which emerged from a neural (Schwann) cell in a single Tasmanian devil more than 18 years ago.

It has teeth that a vampire would envy, a reputation for viciousness and a spine-chilling shriek, but the Tasmanian devil is being idolized in Australia these days with an intensive drive to save ...

Learn about the threats these endangered devils face and what we can do to help save them. A species-specific disease has nearly wiped the Tasmanian devil completely out since the '90s ...