News tagged with chytrid fungus

Blood samples show deadly frog fungus at work in the wild

The fungal infection that has killed a record number of amphibians worldwide leads to deadly dehydration in frogs in the wild, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Common North American frog identified as carrier of deadly amphibian disease

Known for its distinctive "ribbit" call, the noisy Pacific chorus frog is a potent carrier of a deadly amphibian disease, according to new research published today in the journal PLoS ONE. Just how this c ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research team explores how microbial diversity defends against disease

Amphibians are among the most threatened creatures on earth, with some 40 percent of amphibian species threatened or endangered. One of their primary threats is a rapidly spreading disease that attacks the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Frog trade link to killer fungus revealed

The global trade in frogs, toads and other amphibians may have accidentally helped create and spread the deadly fungal disease, chytridiomycosis, which has devastated amphibian populations worldwide.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Possible biological control discovered for pathogen devastating amphibians

Zoologists at Oregon State University have discovered that a freshwater species of zooplankton will eat a fungal pathogen which is devastating amphibian populations around the world.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Fighting massive declines in frog populations with bacteria and fungicides

A microscopic chytrid fungus is causing massive declines in frog populations all over the world and even the extinction of certain species. Together with colleagues from Europe and the USA, researchers from ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | 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 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Toad task force

An army of volunteers will be wading into ponds across the UK this spring to map the spread of a killer amphibian fungus.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nature's backbone at risk

The most comprehensive assessment of the world's vertebrates confirms an extinction crisis with one-fifth of species threatened. However, the situation would be worse were it not for current global conservation efforts, according ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Shipping industry sends help as project in Panama tackles amphibian crisis

As a disease known as amphibian chytrid fungus continues to wipe out amphibian species worldwide, frogs in Panama are finding a safe haven in a seemingly unlikely spot—between the metal walls of shipping containers once used ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

El Nino and a pathogen killed Costa Rican toad, study finds

Scientists broadly agree that global warming may threaten the survival of many plant and animal species; but global warming did not kill the Monteverde golden toad, an often cited example of climate-triggered ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Catching a killer one spore at a time

A workshop at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama has dramatically improved the ability of conservationists and regulatory agencies to monitor the spread of chytridiomycosis—one of the deadliest ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Frogs flown from Montserrat to flee deadly fungus

(AP) -- Scientists are airlifting dozens of one of the world's largest frogs off of Montserrat island to save them from a deadly fungus devastating their dwindling habitat. The dense forest of this tiny British ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research reveals old timers in the frog world

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research at Victoria University has revealed remarkable longevity in wild populations of New Zealand native frogs, particularly in the threatened Maud Island frog (Leiopelma pakeka).

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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