Killer frog disease 'part of Earth's sixth mass extinction'

A fungus that kills amphibians is responsible for the biggest loss of nature from a single disease.

Nearly 100 species of frogs, toads and salamanders wiped out by fungus

The deadly disease caused by chytrid fungus is now thought to have driven nearly 100 amphibian species to extinction and contributed to the decline of over 400 more

Skin-eating fungus is mighty species slayer

Skin-eating fungus is mighty species slayerSkin-eating fungus is mighty species slayer, Published online: 28 March 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01002-2Frog-killing chytrid fungus ...

Frog fungus drives 500 species towards extinction

First global survey of chytridiomycosis yields grim results. Tanya Loos reports.

Chytrid’s frog-killing toll has been tallied — and it’s bad

Losses due to the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus are “the greatest documented loss of biodiversity attributable to a pathogen,” researchers find.

Mass amphibian extinctions globally caused by fungal disease

An international study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found a fungal disease has caused dramatic population declines in more than 500 amphibian species, including 90 extinctions, ...

Scientists want you to cut the toes off dead frogs

Researchers at the University of Wolverhampton and University of Salford want samples frog dead frogs and mouth swabs from live animals.

Frog-Killing Chytrid Fungus Far Deadlier than Scientists Realized

A survey reveals the disease has decimated populations in Central and South America and tropical Australia and contributed to the extinction of 90 species.

An amphibian fungus has caused the worst mass extinction in recent history

This gruesome fungus has infected 6.5% of all known amphibians -- and it's incredibly scary.

‘Worst disease ever recorded’ is responsible for ‘frog apocalypse’

An apocalyptic fungus that chews through the flesh of frogs and toads is the "worst disease ever recorded."

Amphibians Are Dying En Masse, Humans Are to Blame

A fungal disease has caused dramatic population declines in more than 500 amphibian species. Chytridiomycosis, which eats away at the skin of cold-blooded vertebrates, has completely wiped out ...

Earth's most invasive species is a frog-killing fungus

Environment The international pet trade has helped a fungal infection spread to 501 species of amphibians. A new study, published Thursday in Science quantified the global ...

Alarming Study Concludes Frogs Are Undergoing a ‘Catastrophic’ Global Die Off 

Scientists aren’t known for being alarmists. And that’s exactly what makes a new study released Thursday on amphibians so, well, alarming.Read more...

Amphibian APOCALYPSE: Deadly flesh-eating fungal disease has wiped out 90 species

Originally from Asia, it is present in more than 60 countries - with the worst affected parts of the world are tropical Australia, Central America and South America.

Deadly fungal disease has devastated more than 500 amphibian species

A fungal disease that has been wiping out amphibians across the world may be the world’s most destructive disease ever recorded, according to a new study. Biologists first described the ...

The Fungi Decimating Amphibians Is Worse Than We Thought

More than 500 species have been ravaged by the chytrid fungi. And that number will probably rise.

Deadly fungal disease ‘caused greatest biodiversity loss ever recorded’

Decline of over 500 amphibian species highlights risks of wildlife trading in a globalized world, report says.

World’s frogs are under assault by lone pathogenic killer, scientists say

Fungal disease threatens hundreds of amphibian species worldwide

A new international study is the first to determine the comprehensive global impact of the deadly fungal disease chytridiomycosis -- and the news is not good. The disease, which eats away at ...

Fungus has decimated the populations of 501 amphibian species worldwide

Survey by researchers in 16 countries is published in Science. Authors say chytrid fungus is responsible for heaviest biodiversity loss ever caused by a single pathogen.