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Museum specimens reveal pathogen behind decades-old mystery of disappearing frogs

In the 1970s, researchers began to observe drastic amphibian declines in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, a global hotspot of frog biodiversity. For decades, these disappearances remained a mystery. Now, new research from scientists at the Center for Conservation Genomics at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) and Pennsylvania State University (PSU), published today…

Museum specimens reveal pathogen behind decades-old mystery of disappearing frogs

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