At left, a golden frog, Atelopus varius, photographed during an outbreak of chytrid fungus in Panama in 2004. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
New research from the University of South Florida published in the journal Nature reveals that amphibians can acquire behavioral or immunological resistance to a deadly chytrid fungus implicated in global amphibian population declines. (sciencedaily.com)
«The amphibian chytrid fungus suppresses immune responses of amphibian hosts, so many researchers doubted that amphibians could acquire effective immunity against this pathogen,» Rohr said. (sciencedaily.com)