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Fungal Disease that Threatens Snakes is Widespread in Eastern U.S.

Fungal Disease that Threatens Snakes is Widespread in Eastern U.S.

  

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Newt News: Deadly Fish Disease Discovered in Salamanders

Newt News: Deadly Fish Disease Discovered in Salamanders

  

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Deadly Bat Fungus in Washington State Likely Originated in Eastern U.S.

Deadly Bat Fungus in Washington State Likely Originated in Eastern U.S.

   

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EarthWord–Morbidity

EarthWord–Morbidity

When you’re not dead yet, but aren’t feeling well either, there’s an EarthWord for that...

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EarthWord–Mortality Event

EarthWord–Mortality Event

See a flock of birds fall from the sky? There’s an #EarthWord for that, and it isn’t “apocalypse”

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Honolulu Field Station Newsletter 7: June 2016

Honolulu Field Station Newsletter 7: June 2016

Updates from the NWHC Honolulu Field Station in June 2016. 

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Bat with white-nose syndrome confirmed in Washington state

Bat with white-nose syndrome confirmed in Washington state

OLYMPIA, Wash. – White-nose syndrome (WNS) has been confirmed in a little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) found near North Bend – the first recorded...

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Snake Fungal Disease Found in Louisiana

Snake Fungal Disease Found in Louisiana

Snake fungal disease, or SFD, a disease causing high mortality rates in some species of snakes, has been found in Louisiana for the first time...

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Deadly Amphibian Fungus Abroad Threatens Certain U.S. Regions

Deadly Amphibian Fungus Abroad Threatens Certain U.S. Regions

The areas of the United States that are most at risk of a potentially invasive salamander fungus are the Pacific coast, the southern Appalachian...
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Invasive Amphibian Fungus Could Threaten US Salamander Populations

Invasive Amphibian Fungus Could Threaten US Salamander Populations

A deadly fungus causing population crashes in wild European salamanders could emerge in the United States and threaten already declining amphibians...

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Wildlife Disease Science in the National Parks

Wildlife Disease Science in the National Parks

From striking craggy pinnacles to cavernous underground lairs, the national parks are renowned for their grand wildernesses. However, the inhabitants...

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Cause of Deadly Disease in Snakes Identified

Cause of Deadly Disease in Snakes Identified

The fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola is the definitive cause of the skin infections in snakes known as snake fungal disease, or SFD, according to U.S...

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