Research published in the Royal Society journal shows that the fungal disease Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is spreading. BD as it is sometimes called infects the skins of amphibians such as frogs, toads, salamanders and newts . One-third of all the losses in amphibian species recorded around the world are thought to be due to the disease.
This is another harbinger of biosphere destruction. It is similar to the hypothetical story outlined by James Lovelock in Gaia – a simple disease taken outside its normal habitat has a rapid, destructive impact on its new environment and adapts to allow more rapid propagation.
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