Let's talk about one of the most dazzling — and dangerous — creatures in the animal kingdom: the golden poison dart frog. These tiny amphibians have incredibly toxic skin, and it packs a ...

7. Strawberry poison dart frog or Oophaga pumilio. This frog is about 17 to 24 millimeters in size.It has a strawberry red color that merges into shades of blue, black, white, green, yellow, or ...

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).

The new frog, like most poison dart frogs, is tiny, just 15 mm long. It also represents the first new species to be added to the genus in 10 years.

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.

Bright colours in the wild usually mean one thing– danger. And for some frogs, those colours are their way of warning others to stay away. These small, colourful frogs may look adorable, but their ...

Adult individuals of Ranitomeya aetherea sp. Koch et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 Considered one of Earth's most toxic species, poison dart frogs come in a wide range of bright colors ...

But what if the frog had found a more unusual way to defend itself, one that left our heroine's lips sealed by the kiss ...

With striking colors and a resounding croak, the poison dart frogs at the Dakota Zoo are small but mighty. We spoke with ...

An actress died during a bizarre spiritual cleansing ritual at a retreat in Mexico, when she took the venom of an Amazonian frog and suffered severe vomiting while being denied medical treatment ...

The researchers observed colorful dyeing poison dart frogs tapping up to 500 times per minute, or more than three times as fast as Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off.” Image Dyeing poison frogs ...

The metallic poison frog, active during daytime hours, has a long-lasting trill, or call, of 21–45 notes. While perched on leaves, the males begin calling out at dawn and vocalize for several ...