Linking habitats strengthens wildlife microbiomes, helps fight disease: Study

Mongabay
Apr 23, 2026, 10:29 am197 ptsTrendingTop
A new study has found that when deforestation and land use change break up key habitats vital to amphibian life cycles, those disconnects can play havoc with the animals’ microbiome, leaving them more susceptible to disease. This troubling finding could also apply to a host of other species, the study…

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