How a lethal fungus is shrinking living space for our frogs
- Written by Geoffrey Heard, Research fellow, Australian National University and, The University of Queensland
In 1993, frogs were found dying en masse in Far North Queensland. When scientists analysed their bodies, they found something weird. Their small bodies were covered in spores.
It was an epidemic. An aquatic fungus had eaten the keratin in their skin, compromising its function and leading to cardiac arrest. And worse, the amphibian chytrid fungus (B...
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