Healthy-looking frog held by researcher in the field. (Photo credit: Andrea Jani)
Just as beneficial microbes in the human gut can be affected by antibiotics, diet interventions and other disturbances, the microbiomes of other animals can also be upset. In a rare study, a researcher with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (
SOEST), determined the skin microbiome of an endangered frog was altered when the frogs were infected by a specific fungus, and it did not recover to its initial state even when the frog was cured of the infection.
In a rare study published this week, Andrea Jani, a researcher with the University of Hawai i at Mānoa, determined the skin microbiome of an endangered frog was altered when the frogs were infected by a specific fungus, and it didn t recover to its initial state even when the frog was cured of the infection.
Updated on February 2, 2021 at 12:12 pm
Alice Cahill
What to Know
The Mineral King area in Sequoia National Park is billed as Marmot Country on the NPS site
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If you see a marmot or any wildlife in the parks, please give the animal wide berth
COME THE SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY, each and every year? An adorable ambassador of seasonal prognostication makes a much-anticipated return, all to let us know when we can expect spring to begin. It s a huge mantle for a little hog to wear, but Punxsutawney Phil, the world s best-known marmot meteorologist, is always up to the task of seeing his shadow (or not). And while we wouldn t want to compete with the Pennsylvania-based superstar, spotlighting the furry fact that California is home to groundhogian fauna seems like a fine and factual thing to do come Feb. 2, or, really, any day of the year. Marmots don t own calendars, after all, and yo