Sun-loving frogs aid fungus fight

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• University of Manchester
• Andrew Gray
• Mark Dickinson

1. Sunbathing tree frogs may hold the key to understanding how a deadly fungus is wiping out amphibians around the world. The chytrid fungus has been implicated in many amphibian extinctions.
   
   Now scientists are using non-invasive imaging technology to find out how some frogs from Central America may be able to beat this deadly disease.
   
   They believe that the frogs' unusual skin is allowing the animals to bask in hot sunlight, possibly boosting their temperatures to kill off the fungus (Read Full Article)
   
   

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