Bullfrogs may help spread deadly amphibian fungus, but also die from it
Monday, June 17, 2013 - 12:00
in Biology & Nature
Amphibian populations are declining worldwide and a major cause is a deadly fungus thought to be spread by bullfrogs, but a two-year study shows they can also die from this pathogen, contrary to suggestions that bullfrogs are a tolerant carrier host that just spreads the disease.