Other Animal Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
Scientists at Vanderbilt University and the University of South Florida have discovered a new way to fight a fungus deadly to frogs.
The fungus, which causes skin infections in the amphibians and interferes with their immune systems, is thought to be responsible for declining frog populations across the globe.
But researchers found recently that frogs in captivity could develop a resistance to the fungus after being subjected to warmer temperatures.
“The fungus doesn’t like the heat,”
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