The world's worst animal disease is killing frogs worldwide. A testing breakthrough could help save them

  • Written by: Kaya Klop-Toker, Conservation Biology Researcher, University of Newcastle
The world's worst animal disease is killing frogs worldwide. A testing breakthrough could help save themJack Hamilton/Unsplash

For the past 40 years, a devastating fungal disease has been ravaging frog populations around the world, wiping out 90 species. Unlike the global COVID-19 pandemic, you may not even be aware of this “panzootic” – a pandemic in the animal world. Yet it’s the world’s worst wildlife disease.

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