Toxins found in the skin of poison dart frogs may hitch a ride there via molecular taxicabs. Now, scientists have pinpointed a protein that can give at least some poisons a ride. The protein, dubbed ...

Researchers have identified a protein that may help a poison dart frog collect toxins from food and transport them to the frog’s skin, Erin Garcia de Jesús reported in “How poison dart frogs hoard ...

A newly identified protein helps poison dart frogs accumulate and store a potent toxin in their skin which they use for self-defence against predators. Scientists have identified the protein that ...

A study uncovers how poison-dart frogs remain resistant to large quantities of the potent toxin stored in their skin glands. The indigenous people of Central America devise blowpipe weapons by daubing ...

A new species of poison dart frog has been discovered in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, where dense rainforests host some of the most diverse and complex ecosystems on Earth. In a study published ...

The “metallic poison frog” Ranitomeya aquamarina (left) and the “heavenly” Ranitomeya aquamarina (right) are the first newly discovered species in their genus in 13 years. That long trek for humans is ...

The Tulsa Zoo is growing its family. Zookeepers for the rainforest exhibit are breeding its poison dart frogs. It is done in four stages. First, the frogs lay their eggs in petri dishes. Then, ...

POISON dart frogs and some tropical bird species become poisonous by eating beetles that are laced with toxins, new research suggests. Some frog species, such as those belonging to the South American ...

Researchers have identified a new species of poison-dart frog, Ranitomeya hwata, in the remote bamboo-forest of Alto Purus National Park located in eastern Peru. This newly discovered amphibian is the ...

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 the ...