A great cartoon on the salamander chytrid fungus

Source: http://www.birdandmoon.com/salamander.html

Can the US stop the spread of Bsal?

As the scientific evidence base builds, pressure builds on the policy makers. The U.S. may actually move fast enough to prevent the spread of Bsal.

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2015/salamanders-05-14-2015.html

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/dotearth/2015/05/15/pressure-builds-for-swift-u-s-action-against-spreading-salamander-threat/?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0&referrer

(Source: NY Times/Pria N. Ghosh)

And now for something completely different (almost)

There's a new edited book on Ranavirus. It is definitely worth reading if you are interested in amphibian diseases. You can acccess the book at Springer here: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-13755-1