This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tasmanian devils, ...
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 ...
What its species name means: Thylacinus cynocephalus means "dog-headed pouched dog." The Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine or Tasmanian wolf, is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that once ...
From inside the hessian sack comes a low growl. Wildlife biologist Nick Mooney reaches in and carefully pulls out a Tasmanian devil, the largest carnivorous marsupial, a halo of stiff whiskers framing ...
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 ...
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium announced the death of the last member of its original family of Tasmanian devils. Thyme came to the Columbus Zoo from Tasmania, an island state located south of ...
Tasmanian devils have been born in the wild on Australia's mainland 3,000 years after the marsupials disappeared from the continent, conservation groups said Tuesday, raising hopes that a major ...
For the first time in about 3,000 years, Tasmanian devils have returned to mainland Australia. According to a report from the Associated Press (AP), the oft-maligned marsupials have been absent from ...
Sydney, Australia -- Reintroducing Tasmanian devils to the mainland could improve biodiversity by limiting the spread of red foxes and feral cats in habitats where dingoes have been culled, a new ...
A good faith effort to save the Tasmanian devil didn’t end so well for thousands of penguins who lived off the coast of Australia on a tiny island. “Every time humans have deliberately or accidentally ...
MOSCOW, Idaho -- May 26, 2021 -- University of Idaho researchers partnered with other scientists from the United States and Australia to study the evolution of Tasmanian devils in response to a unique ...
Scientists have discovered wild Tasmanian devils that have recovered from the facial cancer that has decimated the species over the past 20 years. Four devils in a wild population in the state's north ...