The researchers observed colorful dyeing poison dart frogs tapping up to 500 times per minute, or more than three times as fast as Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off.” Image Dyeing poison frogs ...

Let's talk about one of the most dazzling — and dangerous — creatures in the animal kingdom: the golden poison dart frog. These tiny amphibians have incredibly toxic skin, and it packs a ...

While poison frogs definitively get their toxins from the food they eat, the source of toxins used by other poisonous amphibians is not always clear-cut. Amphibians such as toads, it appears, may ...

A single golden poison frog can supply enough nerve toxin for 30 to 50 darts — and the poison remains active for up to a year. 5 The brightly colored frogs are critically endangered and can ...

With striking colors and a resounding croak, the poison dart frogs at the Dakota Zoo are small but mighty. We spoke with ...

Bumble bee frog, yellow-banded poison frog, or Dendrobates leucomelas. This poisonous frog has vivid yellow bands on a black body and is 1 to 1.5 inches in size.

Poison dart frogs are hard to miss. They’re bright, agile, and as their name suggests, toxic. But at least a few of these showy amphibians have gone under the radar, until now.

“We aimed to answer this question by looking for proteins that might bind and safely transport alkaloids in the blood of poison frogs.” Alvarez-Buylla and her colleagues used a compound similar to the ...

After An Insect Detox, Can Once-Poisonous Frogs Get Their Spice Back? Poison frogs living in human care aren’t poisonous, thanks to a “detox” diet of mild insects, like crickets and fruit flies.

An actress died during a bizarre spiritual cleansing ritual at a retreat in Mexico, when she took the venom of an Amazonian frog and suffered severe vomiting while being denied medical treatment ...

The metallic poison frog, active during daytime hours, has a long-lasting trill, or call, of 21–45 notes. While perched on leaves, the males begin calling out at dawn and vocalize for several ...