The chytrid fungal disease that has ravaged amphibians worldwide has reached Madagascar. But it’s possible this could be a blessing in disguise.
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Alternative treatments for a fungal infection that has been decimating amphibian populations worldwide have been identified…
In its report published last week, the UK Parliament’s green watchdog, the Environmental Audit Committee, was far from convinced by the government’s proposed policy of biodiversity offsetting. The committee’s…
X-ray imaging of tiny frogs’ bodies show that their big mouths resonate best around the frequency of the male’s calls - meaning…
People capture and kill cane toads to prevent further spread of the invasive species, but in two thirds of cases they’re…
African clawed frogs in California harbour a deadly fungal infection that is destroying the global amphibian population…
A rare toad from Tanzania declared “extinct in the wild” three years ago has been restored to its original habitat. This is the first time an amphibian species has been returned home after being classified…
Ancient land-crawling animals may have used the complex bone structures in their skin to process carbon dioxide, deterring…
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Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum, UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow in Ecology, Australian National University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Birmingham
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Professor in Microbiology and Molecular Biology, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Fungal Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London
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Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biology, Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Principal lecturer, bioscience, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Researcher at the CIB based in the Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University
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Scientist at South African National Parks & PhD student at the CIB, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor in Zoology and Ecology, University of New England
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PhD candidate in biodiversity management, University of Kent
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Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology, Royal Holloway University of London
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PhD Candidate, University of Birmingham
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Laurentian University
