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Caption
Wood frogs rely on sound to find mates and reproduces, but many breeding ponds are located near noisy roads. A new study reveals that traffic noise is stressful to frogs and impairs the production of antimicrobial peptides--an important defense mechanism against pathogens like the chytrid fungus.
Credit
Lindsey Swierk
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