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Nature news

This Cameroon caecilian species, Geotrypetes seraphini, tested positive for chytrid fungus

Fatal fungus found in third major amphibian group, caecilians

Chytrid fungus can cause a deadly disease that is decimating some of the world's frogs, toads, newts and salamanders. Now, scientists have found it in caecilians for the first time.

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Wild daffodil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus

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Join Museum botanist Fred Rumsey as he goes in search of wildlife on a sunny spring day at Warley Place nature reserve in Essex.

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