News tagged with amphibian declines

Study: Triple threat paints grim future for frogs

Frogs, salamanders and other amphibians may eventually have no safe haven left on the globe because of a triple threat of worsening scourges, a new study predicts.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biodiversity helps dilute infectious disease, reduce its severity

Researchers at Oregon State University have shown for the first time that loss of biodiversity may be contributing to a fungal infection that is killing amphibians around the world, and provides more evidence ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find deadly amphibian disease in the last disease-free region of central America

Smithsonian scientists have confirmed that chytridiomycosis, a rapidly spreading amphibian disease, has reached a site near Panama's Darien region. This was the last area in the entire mountainous neotropics ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fungus destroying amphibian populations at higher rate than habitat destruction

(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a new report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, human development and habitat loss are not the main contributor to the population decline of man ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Catastrophic amphibian declines have multiple causes, no simple solution

Amphibian declines around the world have forced many species to the brink of extinction, are much more complex than realized and have multiple causes that are still not fully understood, researchers conclude ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast