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If You Give a Frog a Sauna, It Might Fight Off a Deadly Fungus

June 26, 2024

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A fatal fungal disease has devastated the world’s amphibians. But the fungus has a vulnerability: It cannot tolerate heat.

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If You Give a Frog a Sauna, It Might Fight Off a Deadly Fungus

A fatal fungal disease has devastated the world’s amphibians. But the fungus has a vulnerability: It cannot tolerate heat.

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