Science news articles about 'fatal fungus'

... , suggests also that individual amphibians can sometimes develop resistance to chytridiomycosis, which is caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Jonathan Q. Richmond, of the US ...

... the globe and has contributed to extinctions. A consideration of amphibian immune responses to the fungus suggests that acquired as well as innate immunity play a role, and preliminary experimental ...

Biologist Explains How a Dying Bat Population Results in Damage to Forests and Farms