News tagged with toad populations

Frog trade link to killer fungus revealed

The global trade in frogs, toads and other amphibians may have accidentally helped create and spread the deadly fungal disease, chytridiomycosis, which has devastated amphibian populations worldwide.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Big leap in understanding frog threat

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Sydney researchers have identified two new parasite species causing disease among endangered Australian frogs. They say they are most likely native, overturning a commonly held ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toad task force

An army of volunteers will be wading into ponds across the UK this spring to map the spread of a killer amphibian fungus.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Amphibians may develop immunity to fatal fungus

Amphibian populations are declining worldwide, principally because of the spread of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis. Researchers know that some amphibian populations and species are innately more susceptible to the disease ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Picture book portrays a 'hoppy' future for endangered frogs

Move over Kermit, there's a native frog rising in the West.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Could tadpole weaponry be used against cane toads?

A chemical produced naturally by cane toad tadpoles may one day be used to help control the invasive species, according to new research published today.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The end is in sight for amphibian fungal disease

Over the past 30 years, around 200 species of amphibians have disappeared due to chytridiomycosis, a fungal infection. The scientific community has attempted to fight the pathogen, without success. Now, an ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Border fences pose threats to wildlife on US-Mexico border, study shows

Current and proposed border fences pose significant threats to wildlife populations, with those animals living in border regions along the Texas Gulf and California coasts showing some of the greatest vulnerability, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A grain of hope in the desert: Arabian oryx leaps back from near-extinction

(PhysOrg.com) -- The regal Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx), which was hunted to near extinction, is now facing a more secure future according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Its ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Scientists find deadly amphibian disease in the last disease-free region of central America

Smithsonian scientists have confirmed that chytridiomycosis, a rapidly spreading amphibian disease, has reached a site near Panama's Darien region. This was the last area in the entire mountainous neotropics ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Livestock grazing not to blame for Yosemite toad decline

(PhysOrg.com) -- Livestock grazing is apparently not the culprit in the steep decline of Yosemite toads and their habitat, according to the results of an extensive, five-year study conducted by UC Davis, UC ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Modern EU agriculture jeopardizes biodiversity in new member states

Traditional agricultural practices can make a major contribution to preserving biodiversity in the EU's new member states in Central and Eastern Europe. By contrast, the construction of roads and the intensification ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers turn to museums to track down clues in mysterious amphibian declines

There's a crisis among the world's amphibians -- about 40 percent of amphibian species have dwindled in numbers in just three decades. Now, museum jars stuffed full of amphibians may help scientists decide ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 02, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Speedy toads advance theory of evolution

(PhysOrg.com) -- Speed and the mating habits of the Australian cane toad are set to expand the theory of evolution according to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of t ...

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 20 | with audio podcast


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