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The diets of Tasmanian devil are narrowing in areas where humans have changed the landscape. This has big implications for conserving the species.
Rewilding is risky but we can learn from past attempts to use it as an effective tool for conservation
In the past, wildlife vigilantes have illegally moved Tasmanian devils off the island — an illegal practice known as “covert rewilding”. They may well might try again.
Tassie devils are notorious scavengers, eating everything from echidnas to stranded whales. Understanding how their teeth wear down can help us feed and protect captive populations.
As the holiday season begins after months of reduced travel, wildlife hospitals are braced for a new wave of admissions.
Moss is part of an elite squad of detection dogs that will locate threatened species in the wild and help endangered species breed in captivity.
The cutting-edge tools could greatly expand our understanding of different species’ immune systems, and also help humans prepare for future disease outbreaks.
Tasmanian Devils can be incredibly aggressive during mating season and their biting can have fatal consequences.
It’s often said you need to look to the past to learn about the future, and that’s what the fossil record can tell about how the Tasmanian Devil survived in the past on mainland Australia.
The new Tasmanian tiger genome reveals some fascinating facts about this extinct marsupial, including why they were so similar to dogs, and how they were growing more vulnerable to genetic disease.
It’s the Tasmanian devils that enjoy the highest survival and breeding success who’re more likely to get the fatal facial tumour disease.
The facial tumour cells that threaten the Tasmanian devils may use a sort of molecular shield to protect them from the animal’s immune system.
Some animals bred in captivity often lack the skills needed to survive in the wild. But the Tasmanian devil is showing it’s a natural born killer.
New research suggests devils are evolving rapidly in response to their highly lethal transmissible cancer, and that the devils could save themselves.
If we brought devils back to the mainland, they could play a similar role to dingoes - keeping foxes and cats under control and potentially boosting the conservation prospects of Australia’s small mammals.
Proposals to reintroduce Tassie devils to the Australian mainland have argued devils could help control feral cats. But new research shows there’s no simple answer.
Australia is in the grip of an extinction crisis. Our unique animals, plants, and ecosystems are rapidly ebbing away in a process that began more than 200 years ago with European settlement. Feral cats…
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 tumour…
Editors note: The argument in the following piece has been refuted in a seperate article titled Tassie devil facial tumour is a transmissible cancer. Scientists have been trying to figure out the cause…
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Director, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University
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Associate Professor in Zoology, University of Tasmania
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Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Conservation Biology and Wildlife Management, University of Tasmania
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Professional Research Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor & Associate Director, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University
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University of Idaho
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Professor of Wildlife Ecology, University of Tasmania
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Senior Research Fellow in Immunology, University of Tasmania
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Professor Evolution & Ecology, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Deputy Director and ARC Future Fellow, Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide
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Adjunct Research Fellow, University of New England
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Adjunct Professor, University of Notre Dame Australia
