KNOWABLE MAGAZINE - ore than three decades ago, amphibian researchers from around the globe converged on Canterbury, England, for the first World Congress of Herpetology — and, over drinks, shared the same frightening tale.
Frogs were disappearing in the wild, and no one could explain why.
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Researchers also have discovered a virus of fungi that appears to infect weaker strains of Bd — pathogens for the pathogen, in other words. While harnessing such viruses to help fight Bd is a long way off, it might one day be another weapon. “In the science fiction version, you spray the virus in the field and the frogs all survive — that’s the hope,” says University of California, Riverside, mycologist Jason Stajich, coauthor of a recent report on the virus in Current Biology.