The Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 2: Great diversity and danger

<p>How big a role do these ubiquitous animals play in the environment, and what would it mean to forest biodiversity, climate change, and forest food chains to lose whole populations of salamanders?</p> <p>This second episode of Mongabay Explores’ first season tackles these important questions with Senior Editor Morgan Erickson-Davis, who produced Mongabay's series on this topic for the website in 2019. </p> <p>For the next several episodes, this season of the podcast (made possible by our Patreon supporters) will dive into this topic to learn what's known about this issue, now. </p> <p>More resources on this topic:</p> <ul> <li><strong><a href= "https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/on-the-hunt-for-a-silent-salamander-killer/"> On the hunt for a silent salamander-killer</a></strong><strong><br /></strong><em>Scientists are racing to stop a pandemic before it starts – but will they find it in time?</em></li> <li><strong><a href= "https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/super-spreaders-how-the-curious-life-of-a-newt-could-ignite-a-pandemic/"> Super-spreaders: How the curious life of a newt could ignite a pandemic</a></strong><strong><br /></strong><em>Their susceptibility to Bsal coupled with their mobility mean eastern newts could act as “super-spreaders” of Bsal if the fungus gets to North America.</em></li> <li>Mongabay's whole series on 'Bsal' is <a href= "https://news.mongabay.com/series/salamanders/">here</a></li> <li>United States Bsal Task Force <a href= "http://www.salamanderfungus.org/task-force/">website</a></li> </ul> <p>Listen to part 1 of this season here: "<a href= "https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/north-americas-looming-salamander-pandemic-are-we-ready/">Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 1: Are we ready?</a>"<br /> <br /> If you enjoy this show, please invite your friends to <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/4YTR8ahAJ87WeNuW3KjQvG?si=kXT6bvPvSiak1-r_hDwtEg&dl_branch=1"> listen</a> and subscribe. Be sure to check out our sister podcast, the <em>Mongabay Newscast</em> via <a href= "h