The fungal kingdom includes at least 6 million eukaryotic species and is remarkable with
respect to its profound impact on global health, biodiversity, ecology, agriculture …

Discovering that chytrid fungi cause chytridiomycosis in amphibians represented a paradigm
shift in our understanding of how emerging infectious diseases contribute to global patterns …

Anthropogenic trade and development have broken down dispersal barriers, facilitating the
spread of diseases that threaten Earth's biodiversity. We present a global, quantitative …

Infectious diseases affect people, domestic animals and wildlife alike, with many pathogens
being able to infect multiple species. Fifty years ago, following the wide-scale manufacture …

Multihost infectious disease outbreaks have endangered wildlife, causing extinction of frogs
and endemic birds, and widespread declines of bats, corals, and abalone. Since 2013, a …

Biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates worldwide. Yet cascading effects of
biodiversity loss on other taxa are largely unknown because baseline data are often …

White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an emerging disease affecting hibernating bats in eastern
North America that causes mass mortality and precipitous population declines in winter …

Biological invasions are numerous in fresh waters around the world. At least hundreds of
freshwater species have been moved outside of their native ranges by vectors such as …

Many scientists argue that we are either entering or in the midst of the sixth great mass
extinction. Intense human pressure, both direct and indirect, is having profound effects on …

Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as
follows: Antarctica: Cadophora antarctica from soil. Australia: Alfaria dandenongensis on …