Ranavirus Causes Sharp Decline in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Frog Population

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Issue Aug 19-25 2026: A deadly virus has caused a dramatic decline in an amphibian population in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, raising new concerns about threats to the country’s biodiversity. Researchers found that repeated outbreaks of ranavirus reduced reproduction of the monkey frog by 83% at a conservation reserve in Santa Catarina.

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