Their bite force is among the strongest relative to body size in any mammal. They have strong, clawed paws that are well-suited for digging and climbing. Tasmanian devils inhabit a variety of ...

Eighty-eight years ago today, the last of the Tasmanian tigers, also known as the Thylacine, died in the Beaumaris Zoo in ...

Tasmanian Devils are under the threat of extinction due to the deadly Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD). Zoos Victoria is part of the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program (STDP). Healesville Sanctuary ...

The animal was a thylacine, more commonly known as a Tasmanian tiger. Thousands of the predator called the island home when ...

New ‘bone-crushing’ Tasmanian tiger ancestor discovered in Australia - Tasmanian tiger went extinct 88 years ago ...

It weighed between 15 to 24 pounds, about the size of a large Tasmanian devil. B. timfaulkneri had an extremely thick jawbone that would have allowed it to eat its prey’s teeth and bones–also ...

Three new ancient species of Tasmanian tigers have been discovered ... They were about the size of a dog and are known for distinctive stripes and sharp claws. According to the team on this ...

But they were not closely related to dogs. Instead, their closest living relatives are other meat-eating marsupials, like Tasmanian devils and quolls. Like other marsupials, they carried their ...

The species was about 15 to 25 pounds, researchers said, roughly the size of a modern-day Tasmanian devil, another species of carnivorous marsupial. The jawbone was “extremely thick” and would ...