Rare Frog Species Bear the Brunt of Chytrid, a Deadly Fungal Disease

Threats to wildlife survival, such as habitat loss and climate change, tend to strike some species harder than others, and the threat of chytrid , a deadly amphibian fungus, appears to be no different. A study published in this month's Ecology Letters finds that rarer species were more likely to disappear , leading to loss of frog biodiversity in Central America. [More]

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