"Fungus Pushes Frogs Towards Extinction"

"It's been called a crisis in amphibian biology: more than a third of amphibian species are at risk of extinction. Habitat loss and climate change are both causes, but so is an invasive disease that's been called the smallpox of the amphibian world. Researchers from D.C., Virginia, and Maryland recently traveled to Panama to try to help limit the effects of the disease."

Sabri Ben-Achour reports for NPR affiliate WAMU-FM (Washington, DC) August 3, 2011.