La quitridiomicosis es una enfermedad que está diezmando las poblaciones de anfibios de todo el planeta. Identificar los potenciales reservorios biológicos del hongo quitridio es esencial para establecer estrategias de control de la enfermedad. Un estudio liderado por la Estación Biológica de Doñana indican que el cangrejo rojo americano es un reservorio de la enfermedad. Leer más.
Sep. 20, 8:30 a.m. – 06:00 p.m. Redpath Museum, 859 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal, QC. In 1989, at the landmark 1st World Congress of Herpetology, scientists first became concerned that observations of declining or lost amphibian populations were not simply isolated incidents but were global in scope and severity. The plight of amphibians became front-page news and the newly generated interest in their population biology generated a massive increase in our understanding of their ecology, epidemiology and conservation biology. To mark 30 years of research into amphibian population declines and Canada’s pivotal contributions to this important research initiative, we are holding an international symposium on amphibian ecology and conservation biology to bring together many of the principle researchers now making significant advances in the field. Leer más.
Ranavirus kills large numbers of European common frogs — the species most often seen in UK ponds — and is one of many threats facing amphibians worldwide. Scientists from the University of Exeter and ZSL’s Institute of Zoology compared the bacteria living on frogs — known as their «microbiome» — from groups with varying history of ranavirus. Leer más.
El proyecto «Life Tritó Montseny» ha liberado 136 ejemplares adultos de tritón en el Montseny para «promover la recuperación» de esta especie endémica, que se encuentra en peligro de extinción, y que han sido criados en cautividad en el Centro de Fauna de Torreferrussa (Barcelona). Leer más.
