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Tasmanian devils are among Australia's most distinctive mammals. Stocky, powerful and famously noisy, wild populations are now restricted to Tasmania. But this was not always the case. In fact, ...

Once upon a time I was fortunate enough to see one of the most incredible animals left on earth, a wild Tasmanian devil. I was in the company of 80 wildlife biologists from mainland Australia, most of ...

A Tasmanian devil is now one of the most recognisable animals associated with Tasmania, but its reputation among early European settlers was very different. In the 19th century, the stocky marsupials ...