Poison arrow frogs, or poison dart frogs, are found in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America. Despite their ...

The tiny amphibian, observed in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon, is the first such discovery in a decade.

A team of wildlife researchers from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, in Brazil, working with a colleague from the ...

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A vibrant blue poison dart frog, *Ranitomeya aetherea*, has been identified as a new species in the western Amazon.

The frogs are in the Ranitomeya genus and are tiny. All are only 15 to 17 millimetres in length—roughly the size of a dime.

They spend their days perched on these plants or foraging in the nearby leaf litter, likely eating the toxic insects that ...

Scientists have discovered two new poison dart frog species in the Brazilian Amazon. The frogs belong to the Ranitomeya genus. One is Ranitomeya Aquamarina, with turquoise stripes. The other is ...

As dawn sunlight seeped through the canopy of the Amazon rainforest, a colorful creature with “toxic skin” climbed down plants using its “large” hands. Stopping on a leaf, it let out a “cricket-like” ...