CANBERRA, Australia – Tasmanian devils — the marsupials made famous as a snarling cartoon character named Taz — are being relocated to an island off Australia to avert their extinction by a contagious ...

Save the Tasmanian Devil Program (STDP), a project initiated by the Tasmanian and Australian governments to preserve endangered Tasmanian devils on Maria Island, has backfired after the predators ...

Tasmanian devils introduced to Maria Island have taken a heavy toll on the local birdlife, including completely wiping out one species. BirdLife Tasmania convenor Eric Woehler said a decade ago there ...

Tasmania’s mutton birds are a month late returning from their migration and the sighting of dead birds on Alaskan beaches has rung alarm bells. The birds usually arrive with precision from September ...

CANBERRA, Australia — A young bar-tailed godwit appears to have set a non-stop distance record for migratory birds by flying at least 13,560 kilometers (8,435 miles) from Alaska to the Australian ...