Tasmanian devils are named for their chilling nocturnal shrieks, which reminded early colonists of hellhounds. Perhaps more than any other sound, the screams give a lone bush walker “this feeling of ...

Australian conservation organization Aussie Ark conducted its very first trapping session of 2024, targetting Tasmanian Devil joeys at their Barrington Wildlife Sanctuary, footage released on January ...

Tasmanian devils are the largest carnivorous marsupials. They typically weigh 9 to 26 pounds and measure 20 to 31 inches in body length, excluding their bushy tail. Tasmanian devils are robust, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. The Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii, is a small, very ...

If you want proof that size isn’t everything, look no further than the Tasmanian devil. This scrappy, sharp-toothed marsupial might weigh less than your average house cat, but pound for pound, its ...

For such a foul-tempered, ferocious and smelly creature, the Tasmanian devil is beloved in its native Australia, where it is considered a symbol of the country’s frontier toughness. (The dog-sized ...

A week or so ago, Ann Maree Pearce, a government cytogeneticist from Australia's island state, Tasmania, and colleagues said in a Nature news report that a nasty facial cancer affecting the Tasmanian ...