"Frog Sauna Combatschytrid"
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•Fungus is wiping out frogs. These tiny saunas could save them.
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Outbreaks of chytrid (pronounced "KY-trid") are more common in cold winter months .
We found a way to combat these winter outbreaks using heat.
Our purpose-built "frog saunas" allow affected amphibians to warm up and bake off their infections.
They are made of inexpensive materials that can be found at your local hardware store.
The concept could also be applied to other wildlife diseases, where differences between the physiology of the host and pathogen can be exploited.
Marilyn Perkins is a science writer and illustrator based in Los Angeles , California .
She received her master’s degree in science writing from Johns Hopkins and her bachelor's degree in neuroscience from Pomona College .
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