A highly contagious face cancer may not wipe out Tasmanian devils after all
Devil facial tumor disease has shifted from explosive spread to endemic
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Tasmanian devils (one pictured) are carnivorous marsupials endemic to Tasmania. A deadly contagious cancer threatened the species with extinction, but new research finds its spread is slowing.
David G. Hamilton