(CNN) -- Eleven Tasmanian devils have been reintroduced to mainland Australia, more than 3,000 years after they died out there. The carnivorous marsupials have been released into a 400-hectare ...

A strange, contagious cancer is threatening Tasmanian devils, but researchers’ fight is fueling breakthroughs in science, ...

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 ...

The Los Angeles Zoo has Tasmanian devils again for the first time in five years, zoo officials announced Tuesday. Two male devils — named Danny Zuko and Crush — arrived earlier this month thanks to ...

Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) might be small creatures, but their appetite and effect on their environment are mighty. These marsupials, which typically live only on the island of Tasmania, ...

The Tasmanian devil, a spaniel-size marsupial found on the Australian island of Tasmania, has been hurtling toward extinction in recent years, the victim of a bizarre and mysterious facial cancer that ...

A photo of Jetsam, one of two Tasmanian devils at the San Diego Zoo. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance) The San Diego Zoo has welcomed two male Tasmanian devils: Flotsam and Jetsam.

For the first time in five years the Los Angeles Zoo is home to wildly popular Tasmanian devils. Their name is derived from their origin on the island of Tasmania, and they are called “devils” due to ...