The fungus is the cause of a lot of the massive die-offs we're seeing in recent years.

In many cases, captive colonies will be our only short-term way of avoiding extinction.

The fungus is knocking out species...It impedes the ability of their skin to absorb oxygen and just suffocates them. It's the equivalent of us ingesting a fungus that takes over our lungs,

The fungus is knocking out species...It impedes the ability of their skin to absorb oxygen and just suffocates them. It's the equivalent of us ingesting a fungus that takes over our lungs.

The price-tag for all this is going to be enormous - tens of millions of dollars per year for at least a decade,

The fungus is the cause of a lot of the massive die-offs we're seeing in recent years,