A microscopic chytrid fungus is causing massive declines in frog populations all over the world and even the extinction of certain species. Together with colleagues from Europe and the USA, researchers from the University of Zurich present methods as to how the chytrid fungus can be combated in the journal Frontiers in Zoology: namely with bacteria and fungicides. However, the possibility of vaccinating the frogs is also being considered. Leer más.
China’s concave-eared frogs are one of two amphibians that use ultrasonic frequencies to communicate. There’s only one small problem: the males and the females have evolved along such vastly separate lines that females are completely deaf to the males’ ultrasonic cries. Leer más.
a salamandra rabilarga (Chioglossa lusitanica) es una especie de de anfibio urodelo de la familia Salamandridae, endémica del noroeste de la Península Ibérica, llegando hasta el río Tajo. Leer más.
Uno por uno, en una tarea paciente y titánica, anfibios vulnerables son recolectados, colocados en cuarentena e incluso alimentados a mano por expertos en suelo panameño. Leer más.
The makers and users of toxic pesticides have launched a full-court press to rollback vital protections for our water. HR 872 and S. 718 would prevent the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing and implementing a new general permit that will help reduce the levels of pesticide in our nation’s waters. Leer más.
