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.

With 500 adult frogs of 20 species — not counting offspring — Sean Stewart’s collection of poison dart frogs is one of the largest anywhere.

They're called poison dart frogs because the Chocó people of western Colombia use the poison to coat the tips of blow darts they use for hunting, the San Diego Zoo says.

Live poison dart frogs will be featured at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, themed “Venomous vs. Poisonous,” on Sunday, March 2. The event, free and family-friendly, will take place from 1 ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — Buttonwood Park Zoo is welcoming its newest, and one of its rarest, amphibian species. Five Panamanian golden frogs now call a terrarium inside the New Bedford zoo ...

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 ...

A critically endangered frog has been bred in captivity for the first time. The breeding of a Summers’ poison frog by staff at Paignton Zoo in Devon is thought to be a world first.

Diablito poison dart frogs (one pictured) accumulate their trademark chemical defenses with the help of a toxin-binding protein that transports poisonous compounds from food to skin. Marie-Therese ...

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 ...

Inside, the police found nearly 800 poison dart frogs, crammed into tiny containers. Lozano, who was then the director of Bogotá’s wildlife rescue center, rushed to the office.

The Tulsa Zoo is successfully breeding poison dart frogs in its rainforest exhibit, offering visitors the chance to see these fascinating creatures up close and learn more about their natural habitat.