The Fungus That Killed Darwin’s Frog
Small Things Considered,
by Gemma Reguera A Mouthful of Kids Figure 1. A ‘pregnant’ male Darwin frog carries its babies in the vocal pouch (left…
by Gemma Reguera A Mouthful of Kids Figure 1. A ‘pregnant’ male Darwin frog carries its babies in the vocal pouch (left…
An unusual species of mouth-brooding frog was likely driven to extinction by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd)…
A Darwin’s frog daddy, of the southernly species. Photo by Claudio Soto-Azat In 1834, Charles Darwin discovered a strange…