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Can fungus-endangered amphibians be saved?

Feb. 19, 2015

Brian Gratwicke of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Center for Species Survival presents “Captive Breeding Programs to Mitigate Chytridiomycosis-related Extinctions: Lessons from Panama” at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, in the spring seminar series of CFAES’s School of Environment and Natural Resources. Details. Chytridiomycosis is a deadly amphibian fungal disease linked to huge population declines and extinctions in many species. (Photo: Panamanian golden frog by Gratwicke via Wikimedia Commons.)

 

This blog post was originally posted and published on the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences blog On Sustainability.
February 17, 2015