News tagged with tasmanian devil
Race to save the devil Down Under
It's been hundreds of years since the Tasmanian devil last lived on the Australian mainland but, in the misty hills of Barrington Tops, a pioneering group is being bred for survival.
May 17, 2012 |
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Tasmanian tiger suffered low genomic diversity
The enigmatic Tasmanian tiger, known also as the thylacine, was hunted to extinction in the wild at the turn of the 20th century, and the last one died in a Tasmanian zoo in 1936.
Apr 18, 2012 |
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An 'immortal' devil's genome and the secrets of a cancer that's catching
Researchers reporting in the February 17th issue of the Cell Press journal Cell have sequenced the complete genome of one immortal devil. The genomes of the Tasmanian devil and its transmissible cancer may he ...
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Deadly Tasmanian Devil cancer found in 'clean' area
A deadly cancer riddling Australia's Tasmanian Devil has been found in an area thought to be free of the disease, troubling officials struggling to keep the animal alive in the wild.
Dec 10, 2011 |
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Sympathy for the devils
Better than sympathy, now there's hope for the devil -- the Tasmanian devil, that is.
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Culling can't save the Tasmanian devil
Culling will not control the spread of facial tumour disease among Tasmanian devils, according to a new study published this week in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology. Unless a way ...
Oct 04, 2011 |
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Tasmanian tiger's jaw was too small to attack sheep, study shows
Australia's iconic thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, was hunted to death in the early Twentieth century for allegedly killing sheep; however, a new study published in the Zoological Society of London's Journal of ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Tasmanian devil's genome sequenced
A revolutionary species-preservation approach based on whole-genome analyses of two Tasmanian devils -- one that had died of a contagious cancer known as Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD) and one healthy animal ...
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Genome breakthrough for cancer-hit Tasmanian Devils
Australian scientists said on Thursday they had made a breakthrough in the fight to save the cancer-hit Tasmanian devil by mapping the species' genome for the first time.
Sep 16, 2010 |
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Famed Tasmanian devil euthanized after tumor found
(AP) -- A Tasmanian devil named Cedric, once thought to be immune to a contagious facial cancer threatening the iconic creatures with extinction, has been euthanized after succumbing to the disease, researchers ...
Sep 01, 2010 |
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A hop from South America -- tracking Australian marsupials
Debates have raged for decades about how to arrange the Australian and South American branches of the marsupial family tree.
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Australia moving cancer-hit Tasmanian Devils to new islands
Australia is taking the bold step of moving Tasmanian Devils to new islands in a desperate bid to save the iconic species from being wiped out by a hideous face cancer.
Jan 21, 2010 |
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Mystery solved: Facial cancer decimating Tasmanian devils likely began in Schwann cells
An international team of scientists led by a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) investigator has discovered that the deadly facial tumors decimating Australia's Tasmanian devil population probably originated ...
Dec 31, 2009 |
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Good dentistry may have saved the dinosaurs
Infectious diseases can be transmitted by sneezing, touching, or - for Tasmanian devils - biting each other on the face, a habit that may have driven the dinosaurs to extinction through the transmission of a protozoan parasite.
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Dec 14, 2009 |
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Social networking study reveals threat to Tasmanian devils
A new study into the social networks of Tasmanian devils may help prevent the further spread of an extinction-threatening disease. The research, published in Ecology Letters, has produced an intricate social ...
Aug 19, 2009 |
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