New culprit found in death of frogs Discovery of protozoan in Panama may help explain widespread mystery

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: September 29, 1997| Author: SANDRA BLAKESLEE | Copyright information

When biologist Karen Lips trekked deep into the Panamanian rain forest last Christmas to continue her field study of tree frogs, she found a horrifying scene: dead frogs were everywhere.

"I'd go in the morning and see them sitting on the ground along the stream," said Lips, assistant professor of biology at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. "They looked perfectly alive, as if they were asleep."

But their color was faded, and when Lips picked up the dead animals, they fe...

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