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

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

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

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

Researchers identified a new poison dart frog species in the Amazon which has bright blue stripes on a darker body with ...

Despite having this staggeringly powerful self-defense, it is still an endangered species with a decreasing population due to habitat loss and pollution. The blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates ...

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

A newly described poison dart frog, which is about the size of a thumbnail, has been found in the forests of the Juruá river ...

They are commonly called poison arrow frogs or poison dart frogs. This is because Native American tribes rubbed their arrows or blowgun darts on the backs of poisonous frogs before hunting.