chytrid

The researchers say the resistance they have observed in the frog may be due to natural selection for more resistant genotypes, acquired immunity and diffe...

The Kihansi spray toad is the first disappearance attributed to the BdCAPE strain of chytrid fungus. The coin-size yellow toads led a charmed and secret li...

Purpose-built "frog sauna" allow affected amphibians to warm up and bake off their infections, disabling the fungus at higher temperatures. The saunas are ...

For the stream-dwelling foothill yellow-legged frog, Rana boylii, chytrid Infections' (Bd) role in the species' changing abundance across its endemic range (Ca...

 Ecologist Karen Lips talks about mysterious deaths have occurred all over the planet and followed a similar pattern. Why have so many species vanished? ...

The release of a significant number of Endangered harlequin frogs that are highly susceptible to the chytrid fungus prompted some concerns that there may b...

The global fungal pandemic wiped out amphibians, destroyed biodiversity, and ultimately increased human illness and now a similar pathogen is on the way. ...

Scientists have found a relationship between the amphibian apocalypse (loss of Central American frogs to the Bd fungus) to a temporary rise in malaria rate...