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https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/animals/mind-blowing-reintroduction-of-endangered-frogs-to-yosemite/>
"There’s new hope for the survival of frogs facing the threat of a fungal
disease ravaging their populations.
After nearly being wiped out by the disease chytridiomycosis, populations of
yellow-legged frogs are again thriving across Yosemite National Park in the US.
The frogs have developed some resistance to infection by the fungus that causes
chytrid,
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), and higher tolerance to it once
infected, allowing researchers to repopulate infested locations.
“It’s mind-blowing considering where we were 10 or 15 years ago,” says Roland
Knapp, a biologist based at the University of California – Santa Barbara Sierra
Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory.
“When we weren’t sure if we were going to have this frog on the landscape
anymore, to see how things are turning around. It’s incredible to see.”"
Via
Fix the News:
https://fixthenews.com/279-breakneck-solarisation/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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