Deadly frog fungus has wiped out 90 species and threatens hundreds more
- Written by Benjamin Scheele, Research Fellow in Ecology, Australian National University
The Mossy Red-eyed Frog is among hundreds of species threatened with extinction at the hands of chytrid fungus.Jonathan Kolby/Honduras Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Center
It started off as an enigma. Biologists at field sites around the world reported that frogs had simply disappeared. Costa Rica, 1987: the golden toad, missing. Australia,...
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