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Demand has doubled in recent years, with customers buying his moss for hanging baskets in spring and Christmas wreaths in winter, as well as vivariums to keep geckos and iguanas happy all year round.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Lab mice, such as those cared for at LJI, are housed in ultra-clean vivariums.

From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 2023

Forget zebras and giraffes cavorting outdoors: Here, our heroes are smaller, grosser creatures confined in glass vivariums.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2021

At home I kept insects and amphibians in a growing collection of glass aquariums and vivariums arranged on bedroom shelves and windowsills.

From New York Times • May 16, 2017

The ferns are arranged in glass cases, or vivariums.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various