Scientists find ‘ground zero’ of deadly frog pandemic

Mongabay
May 11, 2018, 1:54 pm182 ptsTrending
Scientists started to get worried in the 1970s when frogs in Australia and Central and South America began to disappear. The culprit seemed to be a chytrid fungus that colonized frogs’ skin and impaired their ability to absorb water and electrolytes. The fungus soon spread to other parts of the world –…

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