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Some poison dart frogs have less potent toxins, while others, like the golden poison frog, are among the most toxic animals on Earth. In fact, the golden frog secretes enough poison to potentially ...
Poison dart frogs are hard to miss. They’re bright, agile, and as their name suggests, toxic. But at least a few of these showy amphibians have gone under the radar, until now.
The suspected smuggler claimed the frogs had been gifted to her by members of a community in Southern Colombia. Bogota's Environment Secretary/AFP via Getty Images The poison-dart frogs’ skin ...
A Brazilian woman was arrested at an airport in Bogota, Colombia, on Monday for attempting to smuggle 130 poisonous dart frogs out of the country, officials said.
As a group, poison dart frogs (Dendrobatidae) host an assortment of more than 500 poisonous compounds called alkaloids that the amphibians acquire from a steady diet of insects (SN: 9/3/03).
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 ...
Life Exquisite new-to-science frog species has golden legs and odd habits A newly described poison dart frog, which is about the size of a thumbnail, has been found in the forests of the Juruá ...
Heavenly poison dart frogs are “active mostly in the early morning and late afternoon” and usually found in palm plants, sometimes about 13 feet off the ground, the study said.
Heavenly poison dart frogs are “active mostly in the early morning and late afternoon” and usually found in palm plants, sometimes about 13 feet off the ground, the study said.