Living the high life is risky business for toads under threat from fungus

Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 19:14 in Biology & Nature

Midwife toads that live in the mountains are highly likely to die from a serious fungal infection, called chytridiomycosis, whereas their infected relatives in the lowlands are not, according to new research published today in Ecology Letters.

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