Tag: chytrid fungus

Reintroducing captive-reared, federally threatened California red-legged frogs into the wild is one way researchers hope to augment the population, but researchers worried these reintroduced frogs may contract a deadly pathogen...

Treating frogs in one of their most vulnerable moments may help them survive the onslaught of a deadly fungal disease. Cascades frogs are one of many species whose populations have...

Although Baja California, Mexico and Southern California are very close to one another, the same species of frogs in Mexico are having a harder time with a fungal disease that...

Not all amphibians cope the same way with deadly infectious diseases. While some apparently learn how to avoid dangerous exposures, others can be protected using something similar to a vaccination....

Even after frogs clear the infection caused by chytrid fungus, their microbiomes don’t recover, which could have implications for managing the disease. Microbiomes include all of the bacteria, fungi and...

Some North American salamander species may have special skin proteins that help them resist otherwise deadly fungal diseases. “Salamanders who are able to limit infections of Bsal or Bd in...

People usually think of immune responses as helping bodies recover from diseases. But recent research showed the opposite for at least one frog species facing a deadly amphibian fungus. Lowland...

Researchers recently found a probiotic found in nature can help boreal toads fight the deadly chytrid fungus and are now testing it in the wild. “The use of microbes to...

A fungal disease that has wiped out entire populations of amphibians across the world is also affecting snake diversity — particularly among snakes that rely on frogs or their eggs...

Researchers have created the most comprehensive map yet of the spread of the deadly chytrid fungus pathogen. The map lays out the locations and timeframes of appearances of the pathogen...