Tasmanian devils rapidly evolving to resist contagious cancer, study finds

Finding gives hope that the carnivorous marsupials could survive devil facial tumour disease, which was predicted to make them extinct in the wildWithin just a handful of generations, Tasmanian devils appear to have evolved resistance to an unusual contagious cancer that was widely expected to make the ill-tempered carnivorous marsupials extinct in the wild.The remarkable finding gives hope that the unique animals could survive the disease, which has already wiped out 80% of the animals in just