Space is full of extreme phenomena, but the “Tasmanian devil” may be one of the weirdest and rarest cosmic events ever observed. Months after astronomers witnessed the explosion of a distant ...

“This little Tasmanian devil was hiding underneath my couch,” said Kirsten Lynch, whose family was freaked out by the creature that appeared in their home late Wednesday night. “I got a ...

So though the Tasmanian Devil exhibits outbursts similar to the marauding marsupial from Looney Tunes (itself obviously named after the real-life mammal), its name is derived from a fun trend in ...

First discovered in 1996, the cancer has spread swiftly through the Tasmanian devil population, killing more than 70% of the island’s animals. If nothing is done to stop the disease, the devils ...

"The Tasmanian Devil of stand-up comedy." That's how Paula Poundstone remembers Robin Williams, the legendary comedian and actor who inspired a generation of entertainers, in the latest episode of ...

Tasmanian devils have been born in the wilds of the Australian mainland for the first time in more than 3,000 years. New South Wales' Aussie Ark wildlife sanctuary announced the seven historic ...

Months after astronomers witnessed the explosion of a distant star, they spotted something they have never seen before: energetic signs of life releasing from the stellar corpse about 1 billion ...