Sentences with phrase «deadly fungus»
The phrase "deadly fungus" refers to a type of fungus that has the potential to cause serious harm or even death to living things. Full definition
Despite rebounds, attacks by deadly fungi are still «a really big deal,» he says.
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Potentially deadly fungus accidentally introduced as part of breeding program for endangered amphibian
He says they've identified the deadly fungus in Pakistan, Lebanon, Jordan, Oman, and Mozambique, and Australia's northeast Queensland.
FOR decades a deadly fungus has been killing amphibians around the world, driving many to the brink of extinction, or worse.
A DEADLY fungus thought to be behind declining amphibian populations worldwide is spreading fast — most recently to the Philippines, where it has just been detected.
«Amphibians can acquire resistance to deadly fungus.»
Joan Cartan - Hansen showed scientists at work in an underground chamber at an old power plant in Idaho, swabbing the forearms and noses of hibernating bats in search of evidence for a deadly fungus that has been killing millions of bats across the nation.
A deadly fungus, and not climate change as is widely believed, is the primary culprit behind the rapid decline of frog populations in the Andes mountains, according to a new study published today in the journal Conservation Biology.
When researchers infected different ant species (with cocooned, naked, or indecisive pupae) with a deadly fungus, the adults swiftly removed the diseased brood from the nest.
There's a deadly fungus spreading among snakes in the United States.
A field trial in Australia has shown that genetically modified banana trees can resist the deadly fungus that causes Panama disease, which has devastated banana crops in Asia, Africa, and Australia and is a major threat for banana growers in the Americas.
Biologists haven't reported the deadly fungus, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, or Bsal, loose on the continent yet, say Tiffany Yap of UCLA and her colleagues in the July 31 Science.
One theory for the spread of the deadly fungus is that «pollutants alter immune function of the animals, and then they're not able to fend off disease pathogens properly,» Cary said.
In addition, the flies appear to be able to transmit deformed wing virus, which is fatal, and the deadly fungus Nosema ceranae, which causes bee diarrhea.
A deadly fungus is attacking this fire salamander, producing tiny circular ulcers with black rims.
The move is intended to keep out the deadly fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, or Bsal, sister species of the Bd fungus that has caused the extinction or decline of countless amphibian species.
Research led by the University of Birmingham has discovered a way to stop a deadly fungus from «hijacking» the body's immune system and spreading to the brain.
Europe's largest and best known salamander species, the fire salamander, is falling victim to a deadly fungus, and new research is making scientists more pessimistic about its future.
Amphibians around the world have been devastated by the spread of the deadly fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd).
More than likely, it's another troubling sign: Large groups of bats in the nation's most popular national park appear to be stricken with white - nose syndrome, a deadly fungus that's wiping out a variety of bat species up and down the East Coast, a possible extinction event, some biologists say.
Cheng and others want to see if using the same antifungal skin microbe can empower the bat to resist the deadly fungus and prevent extinction.
Culling will not stop the spread of a deadly fungus that is threatening to wipe out hibernating bats in North America, according to a new mathematical model.
Once plentiful, the American chestnut tree has largely disappeared, killed off by a deadly fungus that began felling the trees 100 years ago.
A deadly fungus was literally consuming the livers of two people who had unknowingly eaten a mushroom called Amanita verna, the «Destroying Angel.»
They have a chance to do what we were not able to do for amphibians in Australia, the Neotropics and even the western United States: prevent the arrival and spread of a deadly fungus.
To help prevent a deadly fungus from killing native salamanders, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is publishing an interim rule tomorrow to list 201 salamander species as injurious wildlife under the Lacey Act.
The global trade in bullfrogs, which are farmed as a food source in South America and elsewhere, is spreading a deadly fungus that is contributing to the decline of amphibians worldwide, according to a University of Michigan biologist and his colleagues.
Understanding how modern transportation enhances the transmission of this deadly fungus and other diseases like SARS and influenza is «the most pressing and practical scientific question,» and blaming CO2 warming has been the biggest distraction.
Understanding how modern transportation enhances the transmission of this deadly fungus and other diseases like SARS and influenza is ``