Comparing sampling protocols for detecting Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the wild
A comparative study in southeastern Norway found that filtered amphibian bathwater and soft sandpaper detected the chytrid fungus more consistently ...
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Fungal Threat Maps Reveal Risk Zones for Mexico’s Endemic Amphibians
Ecological niche modelling reveals extensive overlap between the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and 13 endemic amphibian species in Mexico's Trans-Mexican ...
Museum Specimens Solve 50-Year Mystery of Brazil’s Vanishing Frogs
Museum specimens collected before and after the 1970s amphibian die-offs at Brazil's Boracéia Biological Station reveal that the chytrid fungus ...
Mapping Climate Refuges to Give Panama’s Harlequin Toads a Second Chance
Smithsonian scientists have mapped climatic refugia in Panama where the deadly chytrid fungus is least severe, offering captive-bred harlequin toads ...
Past Chytrid Infection Leaves Harlequin Toads More Vulnerable, Not Resistant, to Re-infection
A new study shows that prior infection with the chytrid fungus Bd leaves critically endangered harlequin toads immunosuppressed and more ...
Deadly amphibian fungus thrives underground in Yosemite toads’ winter burrows
UCLA biologists have discovered that the deadly Bd fungus proliferates inside the winter hibernation burrows of threatened Yosemite toads, overturning ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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