There is a plague ripping through the amphibian species of the world. It’s caused by fungus that’s invisible to the naked eye and spreads easily by many means. It kills by disrupting the way these ...

Melissa Costales stood in the dark, listening to the sounds of insects chittering in the cloud forests of northern Ecuador. It was August 2019 and Costales, a conservation biologist at University of ...

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Researchers in Costa Rica have found that some bacteria on the skin of amphibians prevent growth of the fungus responsible for what has been dubbed 'the amphibian apocalypse'. Published in the journal ...

In 1970, Kermit the Frog first sang his signature song, “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green.” The renowned Muppet laments his discontent in life because of his green coloration. But by the end of the famous ...

Frogs and toads around the world have been devastated by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the disease chytridiomycosis. This fungus is thought to have destroyed or eliminated ...

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There is a plague ripping through the amphibian species of the world. It’s caused by fungus that’s invisible to the naked eye and spreads easily by many means. It kills by disrupting the way these ...

Brittany Mosher receives funding from the US Geological Survey's Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative. Brian Gerber receives funding from the National Park Service and Colorado Parks and ...

MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce. We rely on donations from our readers to fund our independent journalism. A pair of skin-eating fungi responsible for the so-called ...