Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Study reveals declining Central American frog species are bouncing back

04/18/2018 02:15 PM EDT

Shawna McLetchie and Louise Rollins-Smith stand beside a framed picture of different frog species

For more than 40 years, frog populations around the world have been declining. Now, a new study reports that some Central American frog species are recovering, perhaps because they have better defenses against a deadly fungal pathogen.


Full story at https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2018/04/05/frogs-bouncing-back-panama/

Source
Vanderbilt University Medical Center


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