Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) might be small creatures, but their appetite and effect on their environment are mighty. These marsupials, which typically live only on the island of Tasmania, ...

Two Tasmanian devils have arrived at the San Diego Zoo from New South Wales, Australia, according to a release from the San Diego Zoo. The zoo shared that the two three-year-old brothers, named ...

(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 ...

The Los Angeles Zoo has Tasmanian devils again for the first time in five years, zoo officials announced Tuesday. Two male devils — named Danny Zuko and Crush — arrived earlier this month thanks to ...

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For the first time in five years the Los Angeles Zoo is home to wildly popular Tasmanian devils. Their name is derived from their origin on the island of Tasmania, and they are called “devils” due to ...

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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The whole-genome analysis of two Tasmanian devils—one that died of a new contagious cancer known as Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD) and one ...