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 ...

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 orange.

The new exhibit, dubbed “FROGS: Facing a Changing World,” features more than 20 unique amphibians, from Mexican axolotls to blue poison dart frogs — and plenty of information about what ...

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 ...

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.

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).

Unlike the poison dart frog, ... Red-eyed tree frogs are also popular pets among amphibian lovers, and are regarded as fairly simple to care for. Tomato Frog (Dyscophus antongilii) 3.

Amphibians, and poison dart frogs in particular, are ideal for studying the relationships between behavior and reproductive success due to the complex interactions and delineations that occur ...

Two green and black poison dart frogs Pavel Kirillov via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 The animal kingdom has no shortage of dance moves, from flamingoes’ synchronized sashays to the waltzes of scorpions.

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 ...

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