Science news articles about 'carnivorous marsupial'

  • Hair of Tasmanian tiger yields genes of extinct species

    ... online edition of Genome Research. The research marks the first successful sequencing of genes from this carnivorous marsupial, which looked like a large tiger-striped dog and became extinct in 1936. ...
  • Wildlife faces cancer threat

    ... , cancer threatens the survival of entire species. The Tasmanian devil, the world's largest carnivorous marsupial, is at risk of extinction due to a cancer known as devil facial tumor disease. This ...

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