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New toolkit identifies multiple species from environmental DNA

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 3 Aug 2019

Earth’s hidden tree-microbe network mapped for the first time ever

Shreya Dasgupta 27 May 2019

‘Death by a thousand holes’: Scientists race to avert a salamander crisis

Benji Jones 19 Dec 2018

Super-spreaders: How the curious life of a newt could ignite a pandemic

Rachel Fritts 13 Dec 2018

Frogs coping with fatal fungus in Panamanian forest, study finds

Mongabay.com 5 Oct 2018

Nitrogen pollution is choking forests’ carbon-protecting fungi

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Aug 2018

Global frog pandemic may become even deadlier as strains combine

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Jul 2018

Biomass study finds people are wiping out wild mammals

Mongabay.com 28 May 2018

Scientists find ‘ground zero’ of deadly frog pandemic

Morgan Erickson-Davis 11 May 2018

Frogs may be ‘fighting back’ against deadly pandemic

Morgan Erickson-Davis 30 Mar 2018

Could fungi provide an alternative to palm oil?

Kimberley Brown 19 Oct 2017
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus. Photo by Jason Hollinger.

New lichen database takes big picture approach to forest monitoring

Amy McDermott 22 May 2017

Nitrogen pollution slows down forest decomposers

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Mar 2017

Rabbs’ fringe-limbed tree frog now presumed to be extinct

Mike Gaworecki 7 Oct 2016

Are Europe’s Ash trees headed towards extinction?

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Apr 2016

Success! Biologists may have found a way to eliminate amphibian-killing fungus in the wild

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Nov 2015

Pet trade likely responsible for killer salamander fungus

Jeremy Hance 30 Oct 2014

Amphibian pandemic may have hit Madagascar, hundreds of species at risk of infection

Elizabeth Devitt 11 Apr 2014

The fungus among us: scientists discover a big player in the global carbon cycle

Elizabeth Devitt 12 Mar 2014

Journalists win environmental news reporting prizes

Mongabay.org 10 Dec 2013

Amphibians evolve resistance to popular pesticide

Bradley Fessenden 4 Oct 2013

Not just bats and frogs: snake fungal disease hits U.S.

Adam Andrus 6 Sep 2013

Why bioluminescent fungi glow in the dark

Dr Liz Kimbrough 13 Jun 2013

Fungi drives carbon uptake by boreal forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Mar 2013

Common toads ravaged by killer disease in Portugal

Darren Lloyd 14 Jan 2013

Scary caterpillar fungus could lead to new cancer drug

Alex Hatheway 14 Jan 2013

Photos: emperor penguins take first place in renowned wildlife photo contest

Jeremy Hance 18 Oct 2012

Teetering on the edge: the world’s 100 most endangered species (photos)

Jeremy Hance 10 Sep 2012

Blue tarantula, walking cactus, and a worm from Hell: the top 10 new species of 2011

Jeremy Hance 23 May 2012

Fungus from the Amazon devours plastic

Jeremy Hance 2 Feb 2012

Scientists discover over 19,000 new species in 2009

Jeremy Hance 19 Jan 2012

Bat-killing culprit identified by scientists

Jeremy Hance 31 Oct 2011

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