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 ...

Poisonous frogs are tiny land animals or terrestrial animals that are active during the day. Typically, they live in leaf litter or fallen leaves on the forest floor near streams or ponds.

We often hear people talking about venomous and poisonous animals, so you’d easily be forgiven for thinking that they mean ...

Poisonous animals must do more than survive their own toxins; many of them also need a way to safely transport them in their bodies to where they’re needed for protection. Poison frogs, ...

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 ...

Poison frogs like this one get their toxins from animals in their diet. To find out how the frogs transport the poisons from their gut to their skin, scientists have gone on molecular fishing ...

Touching the skin of a poison dart frog—among the most toxic animals in the world—can induce nausea, swelling, and paralysis, even in humans. Predators to these frogs have learned to see ...

Macquarie University. (2024, April 9). 'Teacher Toads' can save native animals from toxic cane toads. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 04 ...

A Brazilian woman was arrested at an airport in Colombia for allegedly trying to smuggle 130 endangered poisonous frogs in her luggage. The passenger was nabbed with the amphibian contraband at El ...