Just a week before Christmas, Environment Minister Tony Burke approved Shree Minerals’ mine near Temma in the Tarkine region of north-west Tasmania. Perhaps he hoped the announcement would get lost in…
Tasmanian devils have had low genetic diversity for hundreds of years.
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European settlers were not responsible for thinning the gene pool of the Tasmanian devil, new research has found.
Tasmanian devils are currently under threat due to the spread of an aggressive facial…
Lack of genetic diversity makes it hard for island-bound species to survive when threats arrive.
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
We have all heard at some time or another that Australia has the worst record of mammal extinctions in history, with many of our unique and vulnerable critters succumbing only years after the first Europeans…
Biting is a big part of the devil’s life. It’s also their undoing.
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For more than a decade, the Tasmanian devil has been fighting for survival against an unusual enemy – Devil Facial Tumour Disease (or DFTD). This deadly infectious cancer has ravaged the Tasmanian devil…
Scientists who have paved the way for a vaccine that could stop a deadly face cancer killing off Tasmanian Devils were among last night’s winners.
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Scientists hoping to fix a deadly cancer killing Tasmanian Devils and researchers behind a new needle-free immunisation technique were among the scores of Australian researchers celebrated at the Oscars…
