We found devil populations in highly disturbed landscapes, such as cleared farmland, fed on just one type of food - medium-sized mammals such as the Tasmanian pademelon. This is perhaps unsurprising.

In our study, we put out carcasses of the Tasmanian pademelon (a small wallaby weighing roughly 5kg) in a variety of places, ranging from disease-free areas with large devil populations, to long ...

“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.