Bacteria show promise in fending off global amphibian killer
...iotic bacteria seem to repel a deadly fungus being blamed for worldwide amphibian deaths and even extinctions. Though the research is in its early stages, scientists are encouraged by results that could lead the way to helping threatened species like mountain yellow-legged frogs of the Sierra Nevada mountai...Ice Age extinction claimed highly carnivorous Alaskan wolves
...s victims) is controversial. It has been variously blamed on human hunting or climate change, or on a combination of factors as the Ice Age waned. For the specialized Alaskan wolves, the story is perhaps less complicated. When their prey disappeared, these wolves did as well, Leonard said. But the result...