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Yosemite toad killer may be hiding in their own homes
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 1 Oct 2026, 21:40 UTC. The headline in use is “Yosemite toad killer may be hiding in their own homes”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
UCLA biologists have found the hiding place of a silent killer stalking threatened Yosemite toads: their own burrows. The Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) fungus decimating amphibian populations around the world has long been thought to live in and infect the toads through their skin when they are in the water.
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