Endangered Frogs Fight Back: Deadly Fungus Spurs Breeding Increase

This rare alpine frog is fighting against a lethal fungus – by breeding faster and faster

Infected male alpine tree frogs set about fathering far more offspring, helping avoid extinction in the wild – for now.

Endangered frogs fight back: Deadly fungus spurs breeding increase

Despite a deadly disease which has nearly wiped out the critically endangered Alpine Tree Frog from the Snowy Mountains, a new study has found the species is fighting back by breeding more when infected.

Frogs infected with deadly disease more likely to mate, study finds

University of Melbourne research shows male alpine tree frogs are breeding more when infected with the deadly chytrid fungus in an attempt to keep the species alive.