Mystery cancer 'wiping out Tasmanian devils'

Experts fear the Tasmanian devil might survive only in Warner Bros cartoons, as a mystery disease slashes the ferocious scavenger’s numbers in the wild.

The black fox-sized marsupials with a bloodcurdling growl and powerful jaws that crunch through the bones of much larger animals have been plentiful in Australia’s island state of Tasmania, which is their only natural habitat.