Sentences with phrase «american salamanders»

There are signs of hope for American salamanders in the face of a potential biological catastrophe — a fungus that could be carried here through the global trade in exotic pets.

Updated, 11:16 p.m. On the eve of President Obama's final State of the Union address, his administration gave North American salamanders a chance, and conservationists a reason to cheer.

And although American salamanders, the most diverse population in the world, have been faring well in comparison, scientists are now bracing for an extraordinary threat: an Asian chytrid fungus called Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, or Bsal.

The fungus, which is lethal to at least a dozen European and North American salamander and newt species, has not yet reached the Americas, says Lips, a UMD associate professor of biology and one of the world's top experts in amphibian diseases.

Five months since media outlets around the world, including Dot Earth, publicized scientists» warnings about the potential for a North American salamander apocalypse.

Not exact matches

He ponders nighttime oddities of nature, such as the Texas blind salamander, a cave - dwelling semitranslucent amphibian that has no need for night vision — a trait that it apparently shares with about 40 percent of Americans, who, being bombarded with light pollution, never use theirs.

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and Gettysburg College found that this symbiosis, the only known example that includes a vertebrate species, puts stress on algal cells, changing the way they make energy, but does not seem to negatively impact salamander cells.

We support a rare assembly of plant and animal species — including 200 - year old American oak trees and wetlands that are home to the blue - spotted salamander — and contributes significantly to the protection of the area's water resources, air quality and carbon sequestration.

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There are a large number of amphibian species in the world and some of the species most commonly kept as pets include the South American horned frogs, tiger salamanders, waxy monkey tree frog and the African clawed frog.

When an Asian fungus that was already devastating European salamander and newt populations was tested on a keystone American species, the eastern newt, there was 100 - percent mortality.

To cut chances of a devastating fungal disease reaching American shores through the pet trade, the Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday announced that it was adding 201 imported salamanders to a list of barred species of «injurious wildlife.»

Let's hope the Obama administration recognizes the urgency of the situation, given how important salamanders are to North American woodland ecosystems — but also given how wonderful it is to walk in the woods in spring and marvel at red efts in the leaf litter.