Mongabay: Salamanders in Central America — like frogs, toads, and other amphibians at sites around the world — are rapidly and mysteriously declining, report researchers writing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Disturbingly, salamanders are disappearing from protected areas and otherwise pristine habitats. The researchers, led by Dr. David Wake of the University of California at Berkeley, conducted surveys of prime salamander habitat in Mexico and Guatemala and …