A South Tampa dog owner is sounding the alarm after a startling close call with an invasive Bufo toad left them rattled and worried for neighborhood pets. The owner shared the encounter online, urging ...

Researchers discovered that a poison frog species described decades ago was based on a mix-up involving the wrong museum specimen. The frog tied to the official species name turned out to be brown, ...

One of the most poisonous toads on Earth has almost no natural predators, yet it is disappearing from Central America’s ...

Pet parents know that they have to be extra careful when it comes to their four-legged family members. Dog owners likely ...

That Phyllobates poison dart frogs are highly poisonous is well known – it’s in their name, after all, and a single frog can ...

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UCSF scientists discovered that a protein found in bullfrogs protected mice from one of the world's deadliest natural poisons ...

Wide-eyed children leaned forward Wednesday morning at the Saugus Public Library as an unusual group of visitors took center stage. Stone Zoo Education Manager Lexi Rolfe and Assistant Director of ...

The "red tide" algal blooms that are becoming more frequent along the Pacific coast produce one of the most potent ...

Saxitoxin, a neurotoxin released in algal blooms, has killed many people on the West Coast who've gathered shellfish that ...

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