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Andean frog (Bryophryne cophites) dead from chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) Cusco region, Peru.

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Nearly 100 species of frogs, toads and salamanders wiped out by fungus

The deadly disease caused by chytrid fungus is now thought to have driven nearly 100 amphibian species to extinction and contributed to the decline of over 400 more

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Mothers and Babies, breastfeeding education, Ambulatory Oiartzun, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain

Health

Breast milk contains fungi which may help seed a baby’s microbiome

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Humongous fungus is older than Christianity and weighs 400 tonnes

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Earth

A plague from South Korea is killing frogs and toads worldwide

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Earth

The frogs bouncing back after almost being wiped out by disease

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Earth

A weird underground plant has been rediscovered after 151 years

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Earth

Newly-discovered fungi turn luckless ants into kamikaze zombies

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Twin Peaks road sign

Earth

Iconic tree from Twin Peaks threatened by climate change

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Mist of spores emerging from fungus

Life

Fungi use water droplet cannons to fling spores into the breeze

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two dead zombie soldier beetles attached to aster flowers

Environment

Fungus creates zombie beetles that crave flowers before death

Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals – and occasionally other organisms – from around the world.

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Health

Deadly, drug-resistant Candida yeast infection spreads in the US

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Environment

Maize engineered to silence deadly toxins in poisonous mould

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Health

Deadly bagpipe infection is health warning to all wind musicians

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Health

Killer fungi: The health threat that’s creeping up on us

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