The phantasmal poison frog, Epipedobates anthonyi, is the original source of epibatidine, discovered by John Daly in 1974. Epibatidine has not been found in any animal outside of Ecuador, and its ...

Scientists have identifiedtwo new species of poison dart frogs in the remote Brazilian Amazon, shedding light on the hidden biodiversity of this vast rainforest. Published recently in ZooKeys andPLOS ...

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 ...

Poison frogs are small and brightly colored amphibians that originate from Central and South America. As suggested by their name, these frogs can release highly toxic chemicals from their skin, which ...

Poison frogs living in human care aren’t poisonous, thanks to a “detox” diet of mild insects, like crickets and fruit flies. Can adding alkaloids to a frog’s diet help it regain its toxins and get its ...

A team of zoologists at Goethe University Frankfurt, in Germany, working with a colleague from Universidad del Quindío, Armenia, in Colombia, has found evidence that some species of poison frogs ...

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 ...