Kseniia Petrova Detained for Frog Embryos at Boston Airport, Faces 20 Years

Petrova’s lawyer called the frog embryo smuggling case “meritless,” noting the charge arrived three months post-arrest. With “immigration detention” now a top search phrase, the real story is how a scientist’s lab research became borderland spectacle—tadpoles meet bureaucracy at baggage claim.
Kseniia Petrova, Harvard scientist, detained with frog embryos at Boston airport—faces 20 years and $250,000 fine as ICE questions amphibian cargo.