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Inside The Dying Days Of Tibets Caterpillar Fungus Gold Rush

2016-06-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Huffington Post: Tibetan nomads who once eked out a living as farmers or yak-herders have found a lucrative new business in recent years -- caterpillar fungus. Also known as cordyceps, the fungus grows on caterpillars, killing and mummifying them underground before growing a stalk that can be picked like a mushroom in spring. The fungus is relatively rare, but flourishes in the high altitudes and low temperatures of the Tibetan Plateau. The fungus has been popular for centuries as a traditional cure for ailments...

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In battle to save salamanders from killer fungus

2016-06-08 11:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mother Nature Network: In battle to save salamanders from killer fungus, scientists hit the ground running. Amphibians just can't seem to catch a break. As if habitat destruction, pollution, pesticides and introduced predators weren't enough to usher them into a modern-day mass extinction, this diverse class of semi-aquatic creatures now has another deadly invasive disease to contend with: Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, or "Bsal" for short. First described in 2013, Bsal is an invasive fungus that deals exclusively...

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Study: Deadly amphibian fungus may decline

2016-01-14 11:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EurekAlert: A new study by WCS and other groups offers a glimmer of hope for some amphibian populations decimated by the deadly chytrid fungus: climate change may make environmental conditions for the fungus unsuitable in some regions and potentially stave off the spread of disease in African amphibian populations struggling to adapt to changes brought about by global warming. Chytrid or Bd - short for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis - can cause a disease called chytridiomycosis, which is found worldwide and...

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