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Saving amphibians from a deadly fungus means acting without knowing all the answers

  • Written by Brittany A. Mosher, Postdoctoral Researcher, Colorado State University
imageA male boreal toad waits for opportunities to mate near a Colorado mountain lake. Brittany Mosher, CC BY-ND

The calls of frogs on warm nights in the spring are a welcome sound, telling listeners that the seasons are changing and summer is coming. Today, however, ponds that once echoed with the chirps, chuckles and calls of frogs and toads are...

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