A fungus called Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has pushed at least 501 amphibians towards extinction.A rapidly spreading fungus is threatening frogs everywhere, causing mass amphibian die-offs, according to a new study.calls the loss from chytridiomycosis"catastrophic," saying the disease has"caused death and species extinction at a global scale." At least 501 amphibian species have died over the past 50 years, including 90 that are presumed extinct, the study says.
Chytridiomycosis is caused by two fungal species that likely originated in Asia, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and B. salamandrivorans . When contracted, the disease can eat away at skin. It's been known to kill frogs for decades now, but recently its spread has caused global alarm. Study authors say the outbreak is contributing to"the Earth's sixth mass extinction." Deaths have been most extreme in wet climates of the Americas and Australia, peaking in the 1980s. Just 12 percent of the declined species are showing signs of recovery, the study notes, as 39 percent continue to decline.
It's called a liberal. They can do it to just about anything.
I’m surprised they’re not trying to blame this on global warming.
Fake news....science doesn't exist says the right.
What a sad news!😢
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