Uploaded March 2014 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago

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At Devil Ark, an "insurance population" of Tasmanian devils are being bred to repopulate the island if the wild devils go extinct.

Read the full story at: discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/fatal-cancer-threatens-tasmanian-devil-population

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