Apex predators may be built for offense, but prey animals like hoverflies, butterflies, scarlet king snakes, and poison dart frogs have evolved remarkable defenses, using mimicry, transformation, and ...

Find out what you need to know about poisonous frogs and discover their types, where they're found, and more.

Some poison dart frogs have less potent toxins, while others, like the golden poison frog, are among the most toxic animals on Earth.

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. Scientists ...

Poison Frogs Have a Strange Behavior That Scientists Seek to Explain Three studies have recently explored toe-tapping, which seems to have something to do with frogs preying on insects.

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.

Diablito poison dart frogs (one pictured) accumulate their trademark chemical defenses with the help of a toxin-binding protein that transports poisonous compounds from food to skin. Marie-Therese ...

A new species of poison dart frog has been discovered in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, where dense rainforests host some of the most diverse and complex ecosystems on Earth. In a study ...

An actress died after consuming frog venom while on a spiritual cleansing retreat in Mexico, according to reports.

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

The colorful markings of poison dart frogs vary depending on where the frogs live. Now, a new study using thousands of fake-frog decoys finds that these markings evolved hyper-locally, explaining ...