Frog trade link to killer fungus revealed
The global trade in frogs, toads and other amphibians may have accidentally helped create and spread the deadly fungal disease, chytridiomycosis, which has devastated amphibian populations worldwide....
Source: PhysOrg - Tuesday, 8 November, 2011
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