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Bagged and boxed: it's a frog's life

As many amphibians face the very real threat of being completely wiped out by disease, climate change and pollution, Emma Marris looks at a controversial approach to save some of them in glass boxes.

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Marris, E. Bagged and boxed: it's a frog's life. Nature 452, 394–395 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452394a

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