Mass amphibian extinctions globally caused by fungal disease

Saturday, March 30, 2019 - 10:00 in Biology & Nature

An international study led by ANU has found a fungal disease has caused dramatic population declines in more than 500 amphibian species, including 90 extinctions, over the past 50 years. The disease, which eats away at the skin of amphibians, has completely wiped out some species, while causing more sporadic deaths among other species. Amphibians, […]

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