The phantasmal poison frog, Epipedobates anthonyi, is the original source of epibatidine, discovered by John Daly in 1974. Epibatidine has not been found in any animal outside of Ecuador, and its ...

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 published ...

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 frog ...

A Brazilian woman was arrested on charges of wildlife trafficking after police in Colombia discovered 130 poisonous frogs in her luggage. Authorities at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá found ...

“The environment ministry along with the airport police seized 130 poisonous dart frogs from a Brazilian citizen travelling to Sao Paulo via Panama. These frogs were originally from Narino. The ...

Unlike their relatives, individuals of the poison frog Allobates femoralis are not poisonous but are captivating due to their different behavioral profiles: They successfully reproduce with different ...

SCRANTON – Down a stark hallway and around a corner, Vincent Farallo, Ph.D., swipes his card and opens the door to a research lab at the University of Scranton. Nearly 70 poison dart frogs sit in ...

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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 ...