Dingoes get a bad rap. A free-ranging dog found in chiefly in Australia, dingoes have been blamed for killing sheep and hunting the Tasmanian tigers and devils to death. Oh, and snatching the ...

CANBERRA, Australia— Tasmania is trying to save the devil. The Tasmanian devil, a ferocious, snarling fox-sized marsupial, is in danger of going extinct because of a contagious facial cancer. In the ...

It looks like a small, stocky dog with a bear's head. It prefers to find dead animals to eat. It shrieks like a fiend, and its ears turn deep purple when it is agitated. And right now this strange ...

There are three known wild contagious cancers in vertebrates, and Tasmanian devils have two of them. What does that mean for the endangered marsupials? By Jessica Wynne Lockhart/Hakai Magazine ...

Gruesome cancer afflicting Tasmanian devils may be waning, a hopeful sign Gruesome cancer afflicting Tasmanian devils may be waning, a hopeful sign Can Tasmanian Devils Beat Cancer of the Face? Can ...

Two Tasmanian devil brothers have taken up residence at the San Diego Zoo, newly sent from Australia to serve as ambassadors to highlight the plight of the endangered species. Flotsam and Jetsam, two ...