JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tasmanian devils, the carnivorous marsupials whose feisty, frenzied eating habits won the animals cartoon fame, have returned to mainland Australia for the first time in some ...

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 ...

The Tasmanian devil roams the island state of Australia as the apex predator of the land, feeding on whatever it pleases as the top dog – or the top devil. But some of these marsupial scavengers could ...

Elizabeth Warkentin is a Canada-based journalist and photographer. Elizabeth's work has appeared in publications including Smithsonian, The Guardian, and National Geographic. Our group of seven stood ...

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 ...

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 ...

The creature in the video bears little resemblance to a healthy Tasmanian devil; largely furless, standing in broad daylight when the species is usually nocturnal, and with a bulbous growth on its ...

Anna C. Lewis receives funding from The Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust and The Carnivore Conservancy. Tracey Rogers receives funding from Australian Research Council and The Winifred Violet ...

Tasmanian devil researchers are keeping a close watch on mothers living with their offspring in dens under suburban houses as they seek cover from wet windy conditions, startling some residents. The ...

New research shows how human-modified landscapes affect the diets of these marsupial scavengers. The Tasmanian devil roams the island state of Australia as the apex predator of the land, feeding on ...