Taking the devilish element out of one of Australia’s most iconic but endangered animals could save it from extinction. Evolving to be less aggressive could be the best hope for saving Tasmanian ...

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Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. Environment, Parks and Heritage Minister Matthew Groom announced the marsupial would become Tasmania’s ...

TWO decades ago, at the north-eastern tip of Tasmania, a single cell near the whiskers of a Tasmanian devil mutated and turned cancerous. That animal was bitten in the face by another devil, which was ...

video: The thylacine, that famous extinct Australian icon colloquially known as the Tasmanian Tiger, is revealed to have been only about half as big as once thought - not a "big" bad wolf after all.

A bizarre facial cancer threatening to wipe out the Tasmanian devil probably evolved from a single female about 16 years ago, new scans of the cancer reveal. The scans are also helping to identify ...

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