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Tasmanian devils: Will rare infectious cancer lead to their extinction?
![Scientist Andrew Storfer checking a Tasmanian devil for tumor facial disease.](/news/mmg/media/images/storfer with devil_f.jpg)
Scientist Andrew Storfer checks a Tasmanian devil for signs of devil tumor facial disease.
Credit: Washington State University
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Watch a video interview with disease ecologist Andrew Storfer.
Credit: NSF
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Watch a video interview with NSF EEID program director Sam Scheiner.
Credit: NSF
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![A tasmanian devil](/news/mmg/media/images/tasmanian devil_2af73d75-2fb4-4a51-9a66-049350e830e9_f.jpg)
Not all Tasmanian devils are docile; many share traits with the cartoon character "Taz."
Credit: Government of Tasmania
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![Three Tasmanian devils eating](/news/mmg/media/images/tasmanian_devils_feeding_42190891-4652-4714-b948-c76020638c09_f.jpg)
Whirling dervishes when feeding, Tasmanian devils may bite each other when eating.
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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![Tasmanian devil with Devil facial tumor disease, an infectious cancer,](/news/mmg/media/images/Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease Govt of Australia_f.jpg)
Devil facial tumor disease, an infectious cancer, is decimating populations of Tasmanian devils.
Credit: Government of Australia
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![Illustration showing aTasmanian devil and the now extinct thylacine](/news/mmg/media/images/Didelphis_cynocephala_and_Didelphis_ursina,_1808_f.jpg)
Will the Tasmanian devil (top) follow its relative the thylacine into extinction?
Credit: Government of Australia
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![This still-healthy Tasmanian devil's future hangs in the balance.](/news/mmg/media/images/sarcophilus_harrisii_taranna_9d11f0ed-2985-4219-b540-4d30ebf085e4.jpg)
This still-healthy Tasmanian devil's future hangs in the balance.
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