Immunotherapy can cure Tasmanian devils of the deadly devil facial tumor disease (DFTD), an international study involving multiple institutions over six years has shown. An international study ...

On Monday this week The Conversation published a story under the headline “What’s killing Tassie devils if it isn’t contagious cancer?” The article suggested evidence that the Tasmanian devil facial ...

The Tasmanian devil is known for its powerful jaws, frightening screeches and foul temper. Lately, though, it has earned a more dubious claim to fame: A strange and devastating disease is ravaging its ...

Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD) has ravaged the world's largest carnivorous marsupial since it emerged in 1996, resulting in a population decline of over 90%. Conservation work to defeat ...

A new study of Tasmanian devils has revealed that a transmissible cancer which has devastated devil populations in recent years in unlikely to cause extinction of the iconic species. New research led ...

Cancer arises when a single-cell lineage acquires somatic mutations that promote it toward a program of continued proliferation. Natural selection favors the most prolific subclones, often steering ...

Residents of Tasmania's D'Entrecasteaux Channel Peninsula, Kingborough and Huon Valley communities are being hailed as the frontline heroes in the war against two deadly transmissible cancers ...

Tasmanian devils in their prime are most likely to become infected with deadly facial tumour disease (DFTD), our research shows. The findings, published today in Ecology Letters, contradict ...

xoxemergencyy—YouTube Protective toy poodle guards his sister from a blow dryer. Whether on television or in the real world, it seems like the Tasmanian devil just can’t catch a break. In Robert ...

Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) has ravaged the world's largest carnivorous marsupial since it emerged in 1996, resulting in a population decline of over 90%. Conservation work to defeat ...