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Get up close with Tasmanian devils at Freycinet National Park and help protect these amazing creatures just by visiting!

Discover the insights from the Tasmanian Roadkill Reporter app, which has logged 4705 animal deaths in 12 months. Learn how to reduce roadkill and protect wildlife with this important tool.

There are three known wild contagious cancers in vertebrates, and Tasmanian devils have two of them. What does that mean for the endangered marsupials?

There are three known wild contagious cancers in vertebrates, and endangered Tasmanian devils have two of them.

An AI has shown promise in helping monitor and, therefore, stop the spread of facial cancer in wild Tasmanian devil populations.

Gruesome mass discovery of dead Tasmanian devils prompts plea for action Posted ThuThursday 11 updated FriFriday 12 Locals in Woolnorth say 10 Tasmanian devils have been found dead in five days. ( Share Print text only Cancel The Greens have pleaded for federal government intervention after a spate of bloody Tasmanian devil deaths on roads in the far north-west of the state. Key points: Locals in Woolnorth say 10 Tasmanian devils have been found dead in just five days on or near the Van Dairy ...

More Mammals Are Hiding Their Secret Glow First it was platypuses. Now we may be dealing with glowing Tasmanian devils, echidnas and wombats. Stuffed bare-nosed wombats fluoresce under a black light at the Western Australia Museum. Credit...Western Australia Museum By Cara Giaimo Were platypuses just the beginning? In October, researchers reported that the already perplexing animals fluoresce a psychedelic blue-green color under black light. The species joined a short list of mammals known to ...