A highly contagious face cancer may not wipe out Tasmanian devils after all

Devil facial tumor disease has shifted from explosive spread to endemic 

Tasmanian devil

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

Tasmanian devils were supposed to be extinct by now.