Tasmanian Devils Are Bouncing Back From Deadly Facial Cancer

The population of Tasmanian Devils has been hit hard since the discovery of a unique facial tumour disease about 20 years ago. On the plus side, new research published in the Nature Communications journal has concluded that the animal may be developing a natural evolutionary resistance to it.

Menna Jones, the Associate Professor at the University of Tasmania’s School of Biological Sciences joined us on The Daily to talk about what’s going on with Tasmanina Devils.

Produced by Liam Cormican