Tag: pathogens

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...