Tag: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
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Frogs Thought to be Extinct may be Fighting Back Against Skin-Eating Fungus
The disease is an aggressive fungal infection called chytridiomycosis. It is caused by a type of chytrid fungus, colloquially known as Bd, which is shorthand for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.
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S1E5 It’s Not Easy Being Green: Canary in the Coal Mine
In the mid-season premiere, we tell the story of two Harvard professors with a bucket of frogs and a rooftop, solve the decade old mystery of exploding toads in Germany, identify the culprit of frog deformities across the Western US, speak with Dr. Voyles about her research on disease ecology…