What its species name means: Thylacinus cynocephalus means "dog-headed pouched dog." The Tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine or Tasmanian wolf, is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that once ...

Tasmania's most famous native animal is undoubtedly the "devil" that bears its name, but if it weren't for a boost in notoriety thanks to Looney Tunes, a different resident of the island might have ...

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

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tasmanian devils, the carnivorous marsupials whose feisty, frenzied eating habits won the animals cartoon fame, have returned to mainland Australia for the first time in some ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, ...

Wildlife authorities in Tasmania have decided to euthanise the surviving false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on the state’s northwest coast after rough ocean conditions made it ...

Data has revealed millions of native animals - including wombats, swans and Kangaroos - were killed in the name of crop protection in the last three years. FULL FIGURES >> The shocking figures were ...