Learn about the cane toad, its lethal defense strategy, and why it is so detrimental to the environments it invades.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A golden poison frog, also known as the golden dart frog or golden poison arrow frog, is a ...

The golden poison frog of Colombia packs enough toxin in its skin to kill ten grown men, yet it produces none of that poison itself. Like other poison frogs, it harvests alkaloids from the ants and ...

A Brazilian woman was arrested at an airport in Colombia for allegedly trying to smuggle 130 endangered poisonous frogs in her luggage. The passenger was nabbed with the amphibian contraband at El ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki) has been extinct in the wild since 2009, thanks in part to a deadly skin disease. Now ...

Unlike their relatives, individuals of the poison frog Allobates femoralis are not poisonous but are captivating due to their different behavioral profiles: They successfully reproduce with different ...

Last summer, Carolina students Tab Henry and Claire Pringle knew they would be studying poison frogs in the forests of La Selva, Costa Rica. What they didn’t expect was to be featured in an episode of ...

Scientists have identified the protein that helps poison dart frogs safely accumulate their namesake toxins, according to a study published today in eLife. The findings solve a long-standing ...

The toe tapping behavior of various amphibians has long attracted attention from researchers and pet owners. Despite being widely documented, the underlying functional role is poorly understood. In a ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (KFOR) – Police detained a woman at an airport in Bogota, Colombia, after finding 130 poisonous frogs in her suitcase. The woman, who was not identified by name, had attempted to ...

This newly discovered poison frog may represent an evolutionary step on the pathway towards developing brilliant warning coloration associated with other poison dart frogs. A small reddish-brown frog ...