The name ‘Tasmanian devil’ originates from early European settlers in Tasmania. These settlers heard the loud cry of this marsupial, and when they saw its small stature, they were surprised.

A strange and devastating disease is ravaging the Tasmanian devil population, pushing the world's largest meat-eating marsupials to the edge of extinction. Can science save it?

The researchers tracked these eating habits by analysing a small whisker sample from each devil -- each bristle holds chemical imprints, called stable isotopes, from food they've eaten in the past.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. The largest ever investigation into the diet of Tasmanian devils shows the iconic animals will eat any ...

Photo shows A juvenile Tasmanian devil being cared for by a vet. A Tasmanian devil with horrific injuries to its leg has been nursed back to health and released into the wild.

The Looney Tunes cartoon character didn’t originate until the 1954 episode Devil May Hare, in which Bugs Bunny dispatches the Tasmanian devil by, naturally, setting him up with a female. (Watch ...

Here's how contagious Tasmanian devil cancer goes invisible. March 11, 2013, 5:34 PM EDT. ... The cancer either metastasizes to other organs or prevents Tasmanian devils from eating or drinking.

Farmers considered the devils pests to livestock, and many of the animals were killed before the species became officially protected in 1941. The Tasmanian devil is not only a key tourism icon for ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. The largest ever investigation into the diet of Tasmanian devils shows the iconic animals will eat any ...