Tag: herpetology

• It’s Turtle Time! How YOU Can Help Turtles Cross Roads Safely

  

  This time of year, it’s common to see turtles crossing roads and trails. Here’s why and how to help them do it safely!

  Devon Bowker

  June 7, 2018

  Animals, Reptiles, The Wild Life Blog

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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. 

  Devon Bowker

  April 30, 2018

  Amphibians, The Wild Life Blog

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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 and amphibians in Panama, and chat with Dr. Konrad Rykaczewski about the inspiration for his antifreeze technology.

  Devon Bowker

  April 26, 2018

  Amphibians, The Podcast, The Wild Life Blog

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