Though they may be tiny, measuring between 0.75 and 1.5 inches, poison dart frogs pack a mean punch, holding enough toxins to paralyze, or even kill, anything that dares to cross their path.

Many species of frog are known to be poisonous, such as the often colourful poison dart frogs. But although incredibly rare, there are species that are venomous too. There are currently only two ...

Opossum uses its defense mechanism of 'playing dead' when it feels threatened. It collapses, emits a foul odour, and becomes ...

This newly discovered poison frog may represent an evolutionary step on the pathway towards developing brilliant warning coloration associated with other poison dart frogs. A small reddish-brown ...

A third reason is that frogs have the most extraordinary chemicals in their bodies that can be of huge importance to human medicine. One example is a group called the ‘poison dart’ frogs - so ...

Frogs, like salamanders and newts ... and by a pair of large bean-shaped glands are located just behind the head. These glands produce a mild poison that the toad stores in its bladder. When handled, ...

After conducting research in Ecuador and Colombia, Rebecca Tarvin, assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, has identified a unique genetic lineage of poison frogs as a new ...

Curare [kyoo-RAW-ree], for example, is found on the skin of colorful poison dart frogs. Another special feature of most amphibians is their egg-larva-adult life cycle. The larvae are aquatic and ...

Now G-Shock is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the first Frogman model with this limited edition timepiece inspired by the Poison Dart Frog. As the second Frogman model to commemorate this ...