October 2007
The Tasmanian Devil suffers from a horrible viral cancer which is killing off the population. Conservationists are trying to take measures to save them.
Faculty of Life Sciences trivia quiz: which member of staff has a scar from a Tasmanian Devil bite?
Highlight this line to get the answer: Andrew Loudon
Filed under Diseases, Manchester, Marsupials, Quiz
February 2007
Last year ago, the Z-letter carried an item about the nasty virus which is threatening the Tasmanian Devil. A conference has taken place in Tasmania to pool ideas about how to fight the disease.
BBC report here, Nature article on the virus from 2006 here, Nature news piece from 2006 here (Uni/Athens needed for both these), a good book about the Devil here (only £8.60, but available in the Rylands Library).
Filed under Books, Diseases, Marsupials
