Ep 33 Chytrid: The Silent Forest
b'Walking through a forest at dusk, you\\u2019ve likely heard the croaks and groans of frogs and toads forming a chorus in the damp undergrowth. But what if the forest were suddenly, inexplicably, silent? In the 1980s scientists started noticing the forests becoming quieter as amphibian populations around the globe began to decline -- rapidly. Today we are joined by Dr. Taegan McMahon from the University of Tampa to discuss our first ever wildlife disease: chytridiomycosis. Chytrid fungus, or Bd for short, has wreaked havoc on amphibian populations for the last several decades, and researchers are still trying to find a way to stop it.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nFor more information on Chytrid and Taegan\\u2019s research, follow her lab on instagram @mcmahon_lab. For more awesome parasitology pics, check out @uoftampa_parasitology, and for gorgeous biology art, Taegan does watercolors @wandering.ecologist!\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n \\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'