Tag: microbiome

The bacteria found in Kirtland’s warblers’ guts is different at their breeding than at their wintering grounds. While researchers don’t know exactly what role these microbiomes play for birds, understanding...

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...

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...

To communicate with each other, birds use songs, calls and plumage. But they also use scent, thanks to oil glands above the tail — and maybe also, according to recent...

Scientists who want to find out which frog populations are more likely to contract the deadly ranavirus, which affects amphibians and reptiles globally, recently turned to frogs’ skin. Studying European...