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  • July 2008
    • Devils Breed Earlier to Stave Off Cancer

      Devils Breed Earlier to Stave Off Cancer

      (Newser) - Tasmanian 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," one expert told the AP—though the devils may still die off in about 25 years. More »

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      Australia   endangered species   evolution   tumor   breeding   Tasmania   Tasmanian Devil

  • May 2008
    • Tasmania Moving Its Devils

      Tasmania Moving Its Devils

      (Newser) - The 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 infected devils in a natural prison—the Tasman-Forestier Peninsula. More »

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      Australia   endangered species   conservation   Tasmania   Tasmanian Devil

  • April 2008
    • Cancer Can Be Contagious

      Cancer Can Be Contagious

      (Newser) - Contrary 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 contagion from one host creature to another. More »

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      cancer   Australia   Charles Darwin   Tasmania   Tasmanian Devil

  • May 2007
    • Tasmanian Devils Face Extinction

      Tasmanian Devils Face Extinction

      (Newser) - Tasmanian 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. More »

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      cancer   Australia   animal   disease   extinction   Tasmania   Tasmanian Devil

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