Amphibians across the tropics are facing a global decline, with disease caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) playing an especially significant role in losses. According to ...

Maintaining connections between natural habitats may support beneficial microbes that help wildlife defend against disease.

In a new study of tropical amphibians, a team led by Penn State biologists found that amphibians in connected natural forests ...

A study explores how human modification of natural habitats influences amphibian diversity worldwide. Humans have altered natural environments around the globe, precipitating biodiversity loss and ...

The recently released second global review of amphibians (GAA2) considers the extinction risk of more than 8,000 species of frogs, salamanders and other amphibians based on 20 years of data collected ...

HONEOYE, N.Y. (AP) — On a rainy March evening, John Bateman puts on his boots and a headlamp and heads to a wetland cut through by a busy road. As he walks, he scans the pavement for spring peepers, ...

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Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Chris Petersen has a firm belief that if you build ...

NORTH COVENTRY — Every year in mid February, Kim White begins sending emails to those on her “Amphibian Friends” list, reporting on the likely migrations of the salamanders and frogs that live on her ...

They already face challenges from habitat lost to development. That's especially true for vernal pools, the small pools that show up each spring in forested ecosystems as snow melt and rainwater ...

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