Hey #EcoEvo and #SymbioSky, what are your go-to reads for White Nose syndrome and Chytridiomycosis? Talking seminal papers in the field, but also recent major highlights.
Thanks for any recommendations!
Thanks for any recommendations!
December 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Hey #EcoEvo and #SymbioSky, what are your go-to reads for White Nose syndrome and Chytridiomycosis? Talking seminal papers in the field, but also recent major highlights.
Thanks for any recommendations!
Thanks for any recommendations!
I've been meaning to spend some time talking about the major reasons for so many toad species becoming extinct! I'll get around to that eventually, but the leading causes are human encroachment, climate change, and a fungal disease called chytridiomycosis!
December 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I've been meaning to spend some time talking about the major reasons for so many toad species becoming extinct! I'll get around to that eventually, but the leading causes are human encroachment, climate change, and a fungal disease called chytridiomycosis!
🐸Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki).
Max. size: males 48 mm (1.9"), females 63 mm (2.5").
Belongs to Bufonidae, the true toads.
Threatened by habitat destruction and the fungal disease chytridiomycosis.
Considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
📷by Smithsonian Institution
Max. size: males 48 mm (1.9"), females 63 mm (2.5").
Belongs to Bufonidae, the true toads.
Threatened by habitat destruction and the fungal disease chytridiomycosis.
Considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
📷by Smithsonian Institution
December 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
🐸Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki).
Max. size: males 48 mm (1.9"), females 63 mm (2.5").
Belongs to Bufonidae, the true toads.
Threatened by habitat destruction and the fungal disease chytridiomycosis.
Considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
📷by Smithsonian Institution
Max. size: males 48 mm (1.9"), females 63 mm (2.5").
Belongs to Bufonidae, the true toads.
Threatened by habitat destruction and the fungal disease chytridiomycosis.
Considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
📷by Smithsonian Institution
This was a fantastic study, where Waddle et al. where they conducted a 10-year study examining a wide range of factors that determined treatments for green and golden bell frog infected with chytridiomycosis 🐸 (5/n)
@nature.com
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
@nature.com
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Greenhouses help endangered frogs fight fungal infections
One of the biggest challenges in coordinating global wildlife conservation is treating animals affected by diseases across countries, let alone across the entire world. A fungal infection called chytr...
journals.biologists.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This was a fantastic study, where Waddle et al. where they conducted a 10-year study examining a wide range of factors that determined treatments for green and golden bell frog infected with chytridiomycosis 🐸 (5/n)
@nature.com
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
@nature.com
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Using environmental DNA sampling for simultaneous detection of hosts and their #pathogens: a case study with the critically endangered #frog genus Atelopus - #OpenAccess zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #eDNA #chytridiomycosis #amphibians
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Using environmental DNA sampling for simultaneous detection of hosts and their #pathogens: a case study with the critically endangered #frog genus Atelopus - #OpenAccess zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #eDNA #chytridiomycosis #amphibians
- Traveler - Prequel To Madness. Art by: Dylan Barstad
- Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished. Art by: Brad Moore
- Che` Noir - Lotus Child. Art by: hazem the architect
- Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia. Art by: Luis Perez
- Defect Designer - Chitin. Art by: Ian Miller
- Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished. Art by: Brad Moore
- Che` Noir - Lotus Child. Art by: hazem the architect
- Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia. Art by: Luis Perez
- Defect Designer - Chitin. Art by: Ian Miller
November 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
- Traveler - Prequel To Madness. Art by: Dylan Barstad
- Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished. Art by: Brad Moore
- Che` Noir - Lotus Child. Art by: hazem the architect
- Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia. Art by: Luis Perez
- Defect Designer - Chitin. Art by: Ian Miller
- Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished. Art by: Brad Moore
- Che` Noir - Lotus Child. Art by: hazem the architect
- Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia. Art by: Luis Perez
- Defect Designer - Chitin. Art by: Ian Miller
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Not all frogs infected with B. dendrobatidis
develop chytridiomycosis.
Geographically, the disease is not always present
where the fungus is.
Panzootics are more likely in the presence of
immunotoxic and microbiome-damaging
pollutant mixtures.
.
Not all frogs infected with B. dendrobatidis
develop chytridiomycosis.
Geographically, the disease is not always present
where the fungus is.
Panzootics are more likely in the presence of
immunotoxic and microbiome-damaging
pollutant mixtures.
.
November 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Not all frogs infected with B. dendrobatidis
develop chytridiomycosis.
Geographically, the disease is not always present
where the fungus is.
Panzootics are more likely in the presence of
immunotoxic and microbiome-damaging
pollutant mixtures.
.
Not all frogs infected with B. dendrobatidis
develop chytridiomycosis.
Geographically, the disease is not always present
where the fungus is.
Panzootics are more likely in the presence of
immunotoxic and microbiome-damaging
pollutant mixtures.
.
New work from our lab out today in Ecology & Evolution! Trina Chou led this study testing the hypothesis that sexual signals reflect infection. She worked with spring peepers 🐸 naturally infected with Bd, the pathogen that causes chytridiomycosis (#chytrid). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Do I Sound Sick? Condition‐Dependent Advertisement Signals in Naturally Infected Frogs
To understand whether infection has negative, sublethal effects on frog courtship behaviors, we conducted an observational field study of the effects of infection on spring peepers (Pseudacris crucif...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
New work from our lab out today in Ecology & Evolution! Trina Chou led this study testing the hypothesis that sexual signals reflect infection. She worked with spring peepers 🐸 naturally infected with Bd, the pathogen that causes chytridiomycosis (#chytrid). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Sorry, didn't mean to calumny the waterbirds
Let's make that "fascist 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘴" (the organism that causes that nasty fungal disease chytridiomycosis in amphibians).
Let's make that "fascist 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘴" (the organism that causes that nasty fungal disease chytridiomycosis in amphibians).
October 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Sorry, didn't mean to calumny the waterbirds
Let's make that "fascist 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘴" (the organism that causes that nasty fungal disease chytridiomycosis in amphibians).
Let's make that "fascist 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘴" (the organism that causes that nasty fungal disease chytridiomycosis in amphibians).
Native to a narrow range in Central America, they're at risk of becoming endangered because of both habitat loss & a spreading fungal disease called Chytridiomycosis that is responsible for a global decline in amphibian populations.
(📷: Berenice García)
(📷: Berenice García)
September 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Native to a narrow range in Central America, they're at risk of becoming endangered because of both habitat loss & a spreading fungal disease called Chytridiomycosis that is responsible for a global decline in amphibian populations.
(📷: Berenice García)
(📷: Berenice García)
Now here's something new: time for #alpaca 🦙- #frog 🐸
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
And presumably this could help protect Darwin's frog from #chytridiomycosis my take here
nkozphoto.com/index.php/20... #darwin #evolution #climatechange #climate #wildlife #chile #chiloe
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
And presumably this could help protect Darwin's frog from #chytridiomycosis my take here
nkozphoto.com/index.php/20... #darwin #evolution #climatechange #climate #wildlife #chile #chiloe
Frogs with alpaca genes could soon be hopping around Australia
Disease-resistant frogs, cane-toad-munching quolls and other gene-edited native animals could be roaming the nation within the next decade. What could go wrong?
www.abc.net.au
September 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Now here's something new: time for #alpaca 🦙- #frog 🐸
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
And presumably this could help protect Darwin's frog from #chytridiomycosis my take here
nkozphoto.com/index.php/20... #darwin #evolution #climatechange #climate #wildlife #chile #chiloe
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
And presumably this could help protect Darwin's frog from #chytridiomycosis my take here
nkozphoto.com/index.php/20... #darwin #evolution #climatechange #climate #wildlife #chile #chiloe
You're welcome for camgirl, drifting and speedrunning and I'm sorry for basically everything else
September 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
You're welcome for camgirl, drifting and speedrunning and I'm sorry for basically everything else
Did you know that intestinal parasites can increase the growth and fitness of frogs? Our new study shows that nematode parasites actually are helpful to the frog while the fungal disease chytridiomycosis causes sublethal effects. @that-frog-gorl.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Intestinal Nematode Infection Confers a Benefit to a Non‐Declining Frog Species, While a Fungal Parasitic Infection Has Sublethal Impacts on Reproductive Investment
Understanding the impacts of disease even in non-declining populations is important for understanding population level health and resilience to other emerging threats. In this study we explored the i...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Did you know that intestinal parasites can increase the growth and fitness of frogs? Our new study shows that nematode parasites actually are helpful to the frog while the fungal disease chytridiomycosis causes sublethal effects. @that-frog-gorl.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
This study explored using antimicrobial metabolites from the bacterium Xenorhabdus szentirmaii to mitigate chytridiomycosis, a devastating fungal disease, in yellow-bellied toad tadpoles. The researchers extracted cell-free culture media (CFCM) from X.
August 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This study explored using antimicrobial metabolites from the bacterium Xenorhabdus szentirmaii to mitigate chytridiomycosis, a devastating fungal disease, in yellow-bellied toad tadpoles. The researchers extracted cell-free culture media (CFCM) from X.
"Sit in sauna can save endangered frogs" by Saugat Bolakhe
Conservation biologist Anthony Waddle & team invented a frog sauna, find frogs taking ‘mini sauna’ in sun-warmed bricks develop resistance to chytridiomycosis fungal disease drove extinction of ~90 amphibian species. Nature journal
Conservation biologist Anthony Waddle & team invented a frog sauna, find frogs taking ‘mini sauna’ in sun-warmed bricks develop resistance to chytridiomycosis fungal disease drove extinction of ~90 amphibian species. Nature journal
August 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
"Sit in sauna can save endangered frogs" by Saugat Bolakhe
Conservation biologist Anthony Waddle & team invented a frog sauna, find frogs taking ‘mini sauna’ in sun-warmed bricks develop resistance to chytridiomycosis fungal disease drove extinction of ~90 amphibian species. Nature journal
Conservation biologist Anthony Waddle & team invented a frog sauna, find frogs taking ‘mini sauna’ in sun-warmed bricks develop resistance to chytridiomycosis fungal disease drove extinction of ~90 amphibian species. Nature journal
Endangered Frogs Born In London Zoo After Rescue From Deadly Fungus
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#frogs🐸 #amphibians #endangered #chytridiomycosis #conservation🌎 medium.com/grrlscientis...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#frogs🐸 #amphibians #endangered #chytridiomycosis #conservation🌎 medium.com/grrlscientis...
Endangered Frogs Born In London Zoo After Rescue From Deadly Fungus
London Zoo is celebrating the birth of 33 Darwin’s frogs, following the zoo’s urgent mission to rescue the critically endangered species…
medium.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Endangered Frogs Born In London Zoo After Rescue From Deadly Fungus
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#frogs🐸 #amphibians #endangered #chytridiomycosis #conservation🌎 medium.com/grrlscientis...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#frogs🐸 #amphibians #endangered #chytridiomycosis #conservation🌎 medium.com/grrlscientis...
🐸Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki).
Max. size: males 48 mm (1.9"), females 63 mm (2.5").
Belongs to Bufonidae, the true toads.
Threatened by habitat destruction and the fungal disease chytridiomycosis.
Considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
📷byYancabrera on Pixabay
Max. size: males 48 mm (1.9"), females 63 mm (2.5").
Belongs to Bufonidae, the true toads.
Threatened by habitat destruction and the fungal disease chytridiomycosis.
Considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
📷byYancabrera on Pixabay
July 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
🐸Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki).
Max. size: males 48 mm (1.9"), females 63 mm (2.5").
Belongs to Bufonidae, the true toads.
Threatened by habitat destruction and the fungal disease chytridiomycosis.
Considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
📷byYancabrera on Pixabay
Max. size: males 48 mm (1.9"), females 63 mm (2.5").
Belongs to Bufonidae, the true toads.
Threatened by habitat destruction and the fungal disease chytridiomycosis.
Considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
📷byYancabrera on Pixabay
Frog populations are declining due to several factors, including a deadly fungal disease called chytridiomycosis, habitat loss, pollution, and climate change. These issues have led to significant decreases in their numbers and even extinctions of some species worldwide
July 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Frog populations are declining due to several factors, including a deadly fungal disease called chytridiomycosis, habitat loss, pollution, and climate change. These issues have led to significant decreases in their numbers and even extinctions of some species worldwide
This week's listening.
July 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This week's listening.
🐸 Chytridiomycosis - a deadly fungal disease - has devastated amphibian populations worldwide. Australia’s alpine tree frog (Litoria verreauxii alpina) has been hit hard, with declines across 80% of its range.
#frogs #wildlifeconservation #amphibians #chytridiomycosis
#frogs #wildlifeconservation #amphibians #chytridiomycosis
July 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
🐸 Chytridiomycosis - a deadly fungal disease - has devastated amphibian populations worldwide. Australia’s alpine tree frog (Litoria verreauxii alpina) has been hit hard, with declines across 80% of its range.
#frogs #wildlifeconservation #amphibians #chytridiomycosis
#frogs #wildlifeconservation #amphibians #chytridiomycosis
I keep picturing #KermittheFrog doing an awareness spot for #chytridiomycosis and I don't know if it'd be satire or the most effective wildlife conservation spot ever.
June 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I keep picturing #KermittheFrog doing an awareness spot for #chytridiomycosis and I don't know if it'd be satire or the most effective wildlife conservation spot ever.
Targeted genetic intervention provides a new tool for #conservation to help corroboree frogs persist despite threats such as chytridiomycosis, reports @tiffanykosch.bsky.social #ICCB2025
June 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Targeted genetic intervention provides a new tool for #conservation to help corroboree frogs persist despite threats such as chytridiomycosis, reports @tiffanykosch.bsky.social #ICCB2025
Endangered alpine #tree #frogs use #sex to fight killer #fungus ...
| #fungi | #chytridiomycosis | #chytrid | #Australia | #infection | Via @theguardian.com
| #fungi | #chytridiomycosis | #chytrid | #Australia | #infection | Via @theguardian.com
Australia’s critically endangered alpine tree frogs use sex to fight killer fungus
Infected males produce higher-quality sperm, display brighter throat patches and sire nearly a third more offspring
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Endangered alpine #tree #frogs use #sex to fight killer #fungus ...
| #fungi | #chytridiomycosis | #chytrid | #Australia | #infection | Via @theguardian.com
| #fungi | #chytridiomycosis | #chytrid | #Australia | #infection | Via @theguardian.com
🧪 Great work by my One Health Research Group colleagues showing that some frog species manage to persist in the face of the catastrophic amphibian disease chytridiomycosis by breeding earlier and more efficiently. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia’s critically endangered alpine tree frogs use sex to fight killer fungus
Infected males produce higher-quality sperm, display brighter throat patches and sire nearly a third more offspring
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
🧪 Great work by my One Health Research Group colleagues showing that some frog species manage to persist in the face of the catastrophic amphibian disease chytridiomycosis by breeding earlier and more efficiently. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...