安德鲁·布劳斯汀:我们正在经历一场在这个年代空前的灭绝事件——全世界许多种类的蛙类正在消失。这是生态学家安德鲁·布劳斯汀,他告诉我们,科学家们最近对可能造成几百万只蛙类和其他两栖类动物死亡的疾病有了更多了解。布劳斯汀:罪魁祸首之一被称为壶菌,它是一种似乎与许多种两栖类动物大量死亡——尤其在热带——有关的真菌,我们近十年才开始对这种真菌有较深的了解。 Andrew Brautiding: We are experiencing an unprecedented extinction of this era - many species of frogs around the world are disappearing. This is ecologist Andrew Brautiding, who told us that scientists recently learned more about diseases that could kill millions of frogs and other amphibians. Brautiding: One of the culprits, known as chytrid, is a fungus that seems to have died in large numbers in many amphibian species - especially in the tropics - and we have not started to have this fungus for nearly a decade Deeper understanding.