AUSTIN, Texas--Studying neotropical poison dart frogs, biologists at the University of Texas at Austin uncovered a new way that the frog species can evolve to look similar, and it hinges on the way ...

Poisonous frogs produce and store alkaloid poisons or toxins in their skin, which makes them harmful to touch. They are commonly called poison arrow frogs or poison dart frogs. This is because Native ...

From the brightly colored poison frogs of South America to the prehistoric-looking newts of the Western US, the world is filled with beautiful, deadly amphibians. Just a few milligrams of the newt’s ...

Florida is often called the state with the most invasive animals, and a few of those are frogs and toads that have settled into its warm climate. With its abundant wetlands, forests, rivers, and ...

They shine in vibrant red, rich blue, or bright green—and with spots, stripes, or patches, they resemble small works of art by nature. But what appears so striking holds a surprising detail: The ...

A team of researchers at UC San Francisco, the California Academy of Sciences and Stanford University have uncovered some intriguing clues in the mystery of how some poison birds and frogs evade their ...