Mountain yellow-legged frogs in Yosemite National Park, California
Roland Knapp
Wild populations of frogs seem to have developed resistance to a deadly skin-eating fungal pathogen. Now, researchers report that shifting a few of these resistant frogs to habitats the place the fungus has killed all of the others is an efficient option to restore their populations.
The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) – a chytrid fungus – is the pathogen accountable for one of many most dangerous wildlife ailments, having decimated the populations of a whole bunch of amphibian species, and contributed to the extinction of many others. The fungus…
