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Baja California frogs suffer from chytrid fungus

April 26, 2022

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 can devastate amphibian populations. Chytridiomycosis, …

Lindsay Martinez

Flowers bring forage — and infection — to bees

May 26, 2020

While planting flowers can increase foraging opportunities for common eastern bumble bees, researchers found some of those flowers are associated with higher pathogen infection rates in the bees. Pollinator species play an important role in …

Julia John

Wildlife disease could spread faster in dry places

August 17, 2018

When people get sick, they tend to retreat to their beds, opting for rest and recovery instead of infecting others. It’s been widely believed that sick wild animals also isolate themselves and minimize disease transmission, …

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Study links fungicides to bee colony declines

December 5, 2017

Researchers recently found what they believe may be an unexpected cause of bee decline in the United States — fungicides. Looking at sites across the country where bee populations were falling, Scott McArt, assistant professor …

Dana Kobilinsky

Tiny but tough: Fire ants reduce rodent numbers, ticks

October 7, 2016

Red imported fire ants are known to cause destruction in species such as the federally endangered Attwater’s prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) in Texas. They interfere with the chickens’ eggs and make nesting difficult. But in …

Conservation News

Lowland leopard frogs fight off deadly pathogen

April 28, 2016

In Arizona, some populations of lowland leopard frogs’ immune systems are working overtime to fight off the deadly pathogen that causes the chytridiomycosis, a disease that is devastating amphibians in the southwestern United States. In …

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Dana Kobilinsky

Supplemental Feeding: To Feed or Not to Feed Wildlife

April 8, 2015

When it comes to the age-old question of whether or not to feed wildlife, a new study is finally providing us with a step in the right direction. Depending on a few different factors including …

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