Poison dart frogs exhibit extraordinary parental devotion, with males guarding eggs and transporting tadpoles to safe ...

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 ...

Driving along a suburban road in Ellicott City, Md., you’d never guess you’d just passed an oasis of South and Central American wildlife. With 500 adult frogs of 20 species — not counting offspring — ...

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 ...

Natural selection has played a role in the development of the many skins patterns of the tiny Ranitomeya imitator poison dart frog. Natural selection has played a role in the development of the many ...

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 27, No. 5 (1990), pp. 307-313 (7 pages) In species with male parental care, polygyny may reduce the parental effort provided by a male, and hence impose a ...

Keepers at a zoo are celebrating after breeding a species of blue frog. The blue poison dart frog, or Dendrobates tinctorius azureus, is usually found in the forests of southern Suriname and northern ...

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) scientists working as part of the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project hatched the ...

Long Beach residents and visitors alike will soon have a chance to dive into the wild world of amphibians, thanks to a new exhibit at the Aquarium of the Pacific. The new exhibit, dubbed “FROGS: ...

The golden poison dart frog is about an inch long and banana yellow. By some estimates, the skin of one little frog contains enough toxin to kill 10 adult men. "Oh yeah, it's one of the more lethal ...