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Live cargo: How scientists pack butterflies, frogs and sea turtles for safe travels

  • Written by Jaret Daniels, Associate Professor of Entomology; Associate Curator and Program Director, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Live cargo: How scientists pack butterflies, frogs and sea turtles for safe travelsScientists are raising Miami blue butterflies in captivity and reintroducing them in south Florida. Jeff Gage/Florida Museum of Natural History, CC BY-ND

Scientists who work with live organisms often have to move them between locations. This requires knowing what conditions creatures can tolerate well, and also can involve some unusual packing...

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