(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 ...

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 ...

Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) might be small creatures, but their appetite and effect on their environment are ...

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Zoo is once again home to one of Australia’s most iconic — and elusive — creatures. Two Tasmanian devils, affectionately named Jetsam and Flotsam, have arrived from Aussie ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A contagious cancer wiped out about 90% of the marsupials in recent years. The Tasmanian devil, the feisty marsupial that only resided on the island of Tasmania for the last 3,000 years, has been ...