Amphibian Chytrid Crisis: A Deep Dive into a Deadly Disease
Guest post by Tristan Williams, MEnvSc Candidate at the University of Toronto-ScarboroughWe currently live in an era of mass extinction, where many species around the world are at high risk of being lost forever, and among these species, amphibians are at much higher risk of extinction than any other (Wake and Vrendenburg, 2008). This comes from a combination of many factors, including climate change, habitat destruction and human land use, the presence of invasive species,…