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 ...

Poison dart frogs produce powerful toxins that act on the nervous system, making even brief contact potentially lethal. Their bright coloration serves as a warning signal, advertising danger rather ...

The golden poison dart frog may be tiny, but it has earned a formidable reputation in the animal kingdom. Native to a small region of rainforest in western Colombia, this brightly colored amphibian is ...

Poison? What poison? Some bacteria may treat the powerful toxins bathing poison dart frog skin like a buffet. The alkaloid chemicals that poison dart frogs wield on their skin increase the variety of ...

Poisonous frogs produce and store alkaloid poisons or toxins in their skin, which makes them harmful to touch. They are commonly called poison arrow frogs or poison dart frogs. This is because Native ...

The Strawberry poison frog lavishes care upon its offspring. It’s just that kind of frog. In the March issue of Ecology, Stynoski et al. report that it also feeds its progeny poison. Also in this ...

Strawberry poison dart frog, Dendrobates pumilio, in the nature habitat, Close-up portrait of poison red frog, Costa Rica, America© Pavel Russe/Shutterstock.com Researchers have identified a new ...

Poison frogs appear to have built their chemical defenses gradually: related frogs store low to moderate levels of ...