Pratt’s poison frog (Colostethus pratti) is not the kind of frog that would get attention. Although part of the Dendrobatidae ...

Panama City, Dec 30 (EFE).Panama City, Dec 30 (EFE). — About 100 poison dart frogs (Dendrobatidae) are on exhibit at a hotel by the Panama Canal, where visitors can admire the tiny, brightcolored ...

A bright orange poison dart frog with a unique call has been discovered in Donoso, Panama. Because this new frog species appears to be found in only a very small area, habitat loss and collecting for ...

A strawberry poison dart frog in Costa Rica. (Michelle Thompson, Chicago Field Museum) Strawberry poison frogs, also known as “blue jeans frogs,” are smaller than a quarter, with bright red bodies and ...

Finding new species is a tricky business, especially when it comes to areas off the beaten track. On the border between Peru and Brazil, a case of mistaken identity has been rectified within a very ...

Mites — not ants as long believed — appear to be the primary source of toxins used by poison arrow frogs to defend against predators, reports new research published in the early online edition of ...

Scientists have found a new species of the poison dart frog that is about the size of a fingernail. The animal, which has the scientific name Andinobates geminisae, is a new type of frog species more ...

A bright orange poison dart frog with a unique call was discovered in Donoso, Panama, and described by researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Universidad Autónoma de ...