The thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, went extinct in the 20th century. Scientists are now ...

Native to Tasmania, Australia and New Guinea, it hunted small to medium-sized animals and led a solitary, elusive life. The Tasmanian ... in Tasmania, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii ...

There's fresh hope for the survival of endangered Tasmanian ... devils. "We have witnessed how these tumours shape the ecology of devils and how they have been evolving with their hosts in real ...

Tasmanian devils have been reintroduced into the wild in mainland Australia for the first time in 3,000 years. Conservation groups released 26 of the mammals into a large sanctuary in Barrington ...

They believe its role as a predator could have prevented the spread of diseases like the facial tumor disease affecting the Tasmanian devil population. Not all scientists are on board with the idea.