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Fungus that causes white-nose syndrome found on bats in N.M.

May 10, 2021

Bureau of Land Management biologists have detected the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome on hibernating bats and cave walls in two eastern New Mexico caves. The detections are the first in the state of the …

Joshua Rapp Learn

Colorado bat swarms may be vulnerable to white-nose syndrome

April 30, 2021

As humans continue to social distance to stop the spread of COVID-19, swarms of bats in Colorado haven’t taken the hint that gathering together could facilitate the spread of a deadly bat disease, white-nose syndrome, …

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Fungal disease has impacted over 500 amphibian species

March 29, 2019

An international study has found that a fungal disease among amphibians is responsible for the greatest loss of biodiversity attributable to a disease ever recorded. Researchers found the chytrid fungus has caused 90 species to …

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Researchers prepare for white-nose syndrome’s spread

February 21, 2019

A recent New York Times article chronicled biologists’ efforts to combat white-nose syndrome as it spreads toward bats in the West. The article followed researchers in an abandoned mine in Ely, Nevada, where the bats …

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After decades of decline, could Sierra’s frogs recover?

December 3, 2018

For decades, the story of the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae) has been a bleak one. Once abundant in lakes and ponds in and around Yosemite National Park, the frog has been headed on …

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Frogs find a way to coexist with deadly fungus

October 3, 2018

After frog populations in Panama were decimated by a 2004 chytrid fungus outbreak, the species that survived have developed the ability to coexist with the fungus, according to recent research. A study published in Ecological …

FYI News

White-nose fungus found in South Dakota

June 29, 2018

The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome has turned up for the first time in South Dakota. The National Park Service reports that the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans was found on five bats at Badlands National Park …

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Deadly fungus reaches endangered frogs and toads in India

June 14, 2018

The fungal pathogen behind the extinction of entire species of South American amphibians has been detected for the first time in endangered frogs and toads in India. In a study published in Royal Society Open Science, …

Conservation News

Site visit insights: Zoo partnership tackles chytrid

May 9, 2018

Site visits are critical to helping scientists learn more about species and their habitats.  The trips often take them into areas most people do not have a chance to explore, including public and privately-owned restricted …

Nala Rogers

Kids document diseased amphibians in California

September 2, 2016

Young citizen scientists aged 4 to 16 have discovered that many frogs and toads on California’s northern coast are infected with the deadly chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). Seventeen percent of amphibians sampled were positive for …

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