The current top predator in Tasmania, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), is already facing severe population declines due to disease. The devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) has been eating ...
The Tasmanian devil, classified as endangered, gets its name from its high-pitch squeal and is renowned for fighting over access to animal carcases, which it grinds with the bone-crushing force of ...
the Tasmanian tiger could actually fix a rapidly spreading problem in the Tasmanian devil population. A facial tumor disease has killed 80% of the modern Tasmanian devil population, and since ...
There's fresh hope for the survival of endangered Tasmanian devils after large numbers were killed off by facial tumours. The world's largest carnivorous marsupials have been battling Devil Facial ...