Poison dart frogs come in a range of vivid colors, and so they are sometimes known as the "jewels of the rainforest." Their vibrant coloring warns predators that the frogs are poisonous and should ...

Apex predators may be built for offense, but prey animals like hoverflies, butterflies, scarlet king snakes, and poison dart frogs have evolved remarkable defenses, using mimicry, transformation, and ...

Dyeing poison dart frogs in one part of French Guiana usually are blue and black with yellow markings. But in the nearby Mont Grand Matoury nature preserve, they have white stripes.

Strawberry poison dart frog or Oophaga pumilio. This frog is about 17 to 24 millimeters in size. It has a strawberry red color that merges into shades of blue, black, white, green, yellow, or orange.

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 ...

A couple outside Phoenix, Ariz., run a thriving poison-dart frog business in their home. The creatures, which normally live in the rain forest, have become the latest fad in exotic pets.

Toxins found in the skin of poison dart frogs may hitch a ride there via molecular taxicabs. As a group, poison dart frogs (Dendrobatidae) host an assortment of more than 500 poisonous compounds ...

Inside, the police found nearly 800 poison dart frogs, crammed into tiny containers. Lozano, who was then the director of Bogotá’s wildlife rescue center, rushed to the office.

Poison dart frogs live in rainforests, and they are some of the most poisonous animals in the world. The tiny golden dart frog has enough poison to kill 10 adult humans!

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 ...

S cientists have identifiedtwo new species of poison dart frogs in the remote Brazilian Amazon, shedding light on the hidden biodiversity of this vast rainforest. Published recently in ZooKeys ...

The new exhibit, dubbed “FROGS: Facing a Changing World,” features more than 20 unique amphibians, from Mexican axolotls to blue poison dart frogs — and plenty of information about what ...