Almost a quarter of those have only been scientifically recognised in the past 25 years. Other than the iconic Tasmanian devil, chances are most of these small, fascinating species have slipped under ...

Thylacines — marsupials known as Tasmanian tigers — were declared extinct decades ago, but efforts to find one in the wild ...

This involves sequencing the thylacine genome from preserved specimens, comparing it with related living species like the numbat or Tasmanian devil, and then editing the DNA of these living relatives ...

Tasmanian Devil. Image via Unsplash In the late 1990s, Tasmanian devils faced a new existential threat with the emergence of Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD), a rare transmissible cancer that spreads ...

Like the Tasmanian devil, the kultarr is a fierce predator, although its prey is smaller – mainly consisting of arthropods. Studies of kultarrs in captivity have shown they have a very simple ...

The kultarr is a cousin of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), as well as dunnarts, antechinuses and phascogales. Antechinuses and phascogales are known for “ suicidal reproduction ...

Tasmanian devils are carnivorous marsupials that have declined drastically due to a rare contagious cancer called devil facial tumor disease. gomagoti via Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 ...

A Tasmanian devil is seen at Zoodoo zoo in Tasmania, Australia, Nov. 1, 2024. The Tasmanian devil, an iconic carnivorous marsupial, is now an endangered species confined to the island of Tasmania.

Conservation Status: The Tasmanian devil is classified as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Source: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and the Australian Museum.

The “Tasmanian Devil” not only evolved faster than a supernova, but 14 individual flares were observed, lighting up over a stretch of several months, or about a hundred days.