Deformed American toads (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

Deformed American toads

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A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows that American toads who mingle with gray tree frogs reduce their chances of being infected by an aquatic parasite that causes limb deformations, a finding with implications for the benefits of biodiversity on emerging wildlife species.

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Pieter Johnson, University of Colorado

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