Deadly creatures like the golden poison frog and blue-ringed octopus wield potent venoms, far surpassing cyanide in toxicity. These toxins, used for prey paralysis and defense, pose significant ...

Poison dart frog tadpoles ingest their mother’s unfertilized eggs for two reasons: nutrition and toxicity. Some toxins, like those from the golden poison dart frog, prove fatal for a human in ...

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 ...

Science News: A vibrant blue poison dart frog, *Ranitomeya aetherea*, has been identified as a new species in the western Amazon. Discovered near the Juruá River, t ...

Resplendent with its blue stripes and golden legs, this newly described poison dart frog may look imposing, but it is only about the size of a thumbnail, measuring just 14 to 17 millimetres from ...

New species of poison dart frog with metallic turquois stripes and chrome orange limbs discovered in the forest along Eiru River in Brazil’s Amazonas state.

They were poison dart frogs, and they were unlike any others the expedition team had seen before. Jet back with metallic turquoise-green stripes and orange “chrome” limbs, these frogs were ...

Intrigued, researchers collected a few specimens for a closer look, tested their DNA and soon realized they’d discovered a new species: Allobates liniaureum, or the golden line nurse frog.