A researcher from New Brunswick has rediscovered a species of harlequin toad presumed extinct, and the details of the discovery offer hope not just for the species, but for the entire atelopus genus, which was nearly wiped out by the amphibian epidemic. Caused by bacteria, the fungal disease chytridiomycosis has wreaked havoc on amphibians worldwide, […]
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A researcher from New Brunswick has rediscovered a species of harlequin toad presumed extinct, and the details of the discovery offer hope not just for the species, but for the entire atelopus genus, which was nearly wiped out by the amphibian epidemic. Caused by bacteria, the fungal disease chytridiomycosis has wreaked havoc on amphibians worldwide,
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