Read more Tasmanian Devil stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5093/tasmanian-devil.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:41:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/59830/tumor-stricken-tasmanian-devils-now-endangered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Tasmanian devil, the iconic inhabitant of the island off Australia and the world’s largest surviving carnivorous marsupial, is now officially endangered, reports the BBC. Under attack by a virulent disease characterized by facial tumors, the devil population may be as low as 20,000, down 70% since the mid-1990s....http://www.newser.com/story/59830/tumor-stricken-tasmanian-devils-now-endangered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 9:31:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32425/devils-breed-earlier-to-stave-off-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTasmanian devils are reproducing at a younger age to offset a contagious cancer epidemic, the Daily Telegraph reports. The ill-tempered marsupials, suffering from tumors that cut their lifespan in half, are now breeding at age 1 instead of 2 or 3. "We could be seeing evolution occurring before our eyes,...http://www.newser.com/story/32425/devils-breed-earlier-to-stave-off-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Jul 2008 20:46:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28609/tasmania-moving-its-devils.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Australian government is stepping in to prevent the Tasmanian Devil from extinction, the Wall Street Journal reports, as the ill-tempered beasties have been dying off thanks to the world’s first contagious cancer, which they transfer by biting each other in the face. So zoologists are now working to quarantine...http://www.newser.com/story/28609/tasmania-moving-its-devils.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 May 2008 13:22:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23613/cancer-can-be-contagious.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagContrary to long-held opinion, cancer can be contagious—and Darwin is to blame, a science reporter told NPR. It turns out cancer cells evolve as species do, and in some rare cases—a cancer affecting Tasmanian devils, two others in dogs and hamsters—the cancers have evolved to allow direct...http://www.newser.com/story/23613/cancer-can-be-contagious.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Apr 2008 20:31:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/1965/tasmanian-devils-face-extinction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTasmanian Devils, the largest marsupial carnivore and the island's main tourist attraction, are threatened with extinction due to a contagious and fatal form of facial cancer spreading rapidly through the population. "Once they've got a lump, it's a one way trip," one expert says.http://www.newser.com/story/1965/tasmanian-devils-face-extinction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 May 2007 8:33:21 CDT