![An adult eastern newt rests on a white background. Photo credit Dave Huth.](https://utianews.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/02/eastern-newt-by-dave-huth-150x150.jpg)
Eastern newt populations in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada are at greatest risk of infection with a new skin-eating fungus, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), according to a study published February 18 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Matthew Gray of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, and colleagues.