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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 ...
This viral video shows a male African bullfrog digging a channel to rescue his tadpoles. Find out why the dads do all the parenting.
With striking colors and a resounding croak, the poison dart frogs at the Dakota Zoo are small but mighty. We spoke with ...
Dodging fire-ants, snakes and millions of nighttime creepy-crawlies, a group of trekkers advances through the humid Bornean ...
Bright colours in the wild usually mean one thing– danger. And for some frogs, those colours are their way of warning others to stay away. These small, colourful frogs may look adorable, but their ...
Toads burrow for safety, moisture, and temperature control. Learn how this instinct helps them survive extreme heat, cold, ...
The approach here, though, is not the mass safari tourism you’ll find in many places elsewhere on this continent. Here it’s high value, low impact. The camps are on a small scale; there are few with ...
Visitors can expect to see flashlight fish, flamboyant cuttlefish, poison dart frogs, purple-striped jellyfish, and colorful favorites like clownfish and hippo tangs. Throughout the exhibit, guests ...
Poison arrow frogs, or poison dart frogs, are found in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America. Despite their deadly reputation, this YouTube video shows a gentler side to these ...
A vibrant blue poison dart frog, *Ranitomeya aetherea*, has been identified as a new species in the western Amazon. Discovered near the Juruá River, this frog boasts striking copper highlights on ...
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. Scientists ...