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| Browse: Tassie Devils Are Evolving Resistance to Facial Tumours |
DNA analysis reveals that Tasmanian devils survived a major population decline thousands of years ago, leaving them with low genetic diversity to withstand devil facial tumour disease. |
| Browse: New Tasmanian Devil Facial Cancer |
Are there ecological benefits behind proposals to return Tasmanian devils to the mainland and dingoes to south-eastern Australia, or is “rewilding” simply “biological control” rebranded? |
Brushtail possums are boldly venturing away from the safety of trees to forage on the ground as an unprecedented transmissible cancer removes their major predator, the Tasmanian devil. |
What role can devils and dingoes play in curbing Australia’s rate of species extinctions? |
Ancient DNA is helping shed light on why the Tasmanian devil is being driven to extinction. |
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Culling Won’t Save Devil
The decision to abandon a trial to cull diseased Tasmanian devils has been endorsed mathematically. |
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Devil Tumour Changing
The cancer that is killing Tasmanian devils is changing. |
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Devilish Epigenetics Drive Tumour
Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease occurs when epigenetic factors turn off surface molecules that the immune system uses to recognise foreign tissue |
| Browse: Devils Needed on the Mainland | Browse: Devil Facial Tumour Evolves to a More Deadly Form |
| Browse: Natural Antibodies Could Combat Tasmanian Devil Cancer | Browse: Devil’s Bigger Extinct Cousin Discovered |
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Bacteria from Baby Poo Used to Make Sausages
Tasmanian devil facial tumour is evolving, and scientists have created a low-fat sausage using bacteria harvested from infant faeces. |
Online Feature:
Rewilding the Devil
What evidence is there that reintroducing Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia will affect the number of feral cats, rabbits and foxes? |
