“Extinct” Australian frog reappears 30 years after last sighting
March 4th, 2010 |
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The yellow-spotted bell frog (Litoria castanea), last observed in 1970s, has long been thought to be extinct in the wild. Scientists believed it was probably a victim of the deadly chytrid fungus that has devastated amphibian populations around the world. But last year, Luke Pearce, a fisheries conservation officer in the Australian state of New [...]
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New tools in the fight against frog-killing fungus available online
As the deadly chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, or Bd ) continues its spread around the globe, putting thousands of amphibian species at risk of extinction, scientists are taking a few steps to control it, or at least understand it better. First, researchers led by Jamie Voyles of James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, believe they [...]
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