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In 1998 Lee Berger identified a skin fungus as the cause of unexplained mass frog deaths. Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science/WildBear

October 17, 2018

Fighting frog fungus: Lee Berger wins PM’s Life Scientist 2018 award

Lee Berger, The University of Melbourne and Lee Francis Skerratt, The University of Melbourne

Lee’s research identified the cause of mysterious and devastating mass frog extinctions that spread across the world starting in the 1970s: it was a skin fungus.

The Northern Corroboree frog is among seven species at grave risk from fungal disease. Michael McFadden

April 10, 2016

Frogs v fungus: time is running out to save seven unique species from disease

David Newell, Southern Cross University; Benjamin Scheele, James Cook University; Lee Berger, James Cook University, and Lee Francis Skerratt, The University of Melbourne

Chytrid fungus has already wiped out six species of Australian frogs since the disease arrived in the 1970s. Without urgent action, seven more are facing extinction.

There are less than 45 Southern Corroborree Frogs left in the wild, and chytrid fungus is to blame. AAP Image/Taronga Zoo

May 17, 2013

Where did the frog pandemic come from?

Lee Berger, James Cook University and Lee Francis Skerratt, James Cook University

While humans worry about bird flu, SARS and other emerging diseases, frogs worldwide are quietly suffering their own pandemic. The amphibian chytrid fungus was first found in Australia in the 1990s. By…

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