A newly described poison dart frog, which is about the size of a thumbnail, has been found in the forests of the Juruá river basin in Brazil ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Poison dart frogs are hard to miss. They’re bright, agile, and as ...

Other newcomers are bright-green anole lizards and small ... Non-native frogs like cane toads and South American dart frogs have naturalized across the state and two species of Asian soft-shell turtle ...

Scientists have identifiedtwo new species of poison dart frogs in the remote Brazilian Amazon, shedding light on the hidden biodiversity of this vast rainforest. Published recently in ZooKeys ...

The brown anole is found naturally in the Bahamas, Cuba and the Swan Islands. It is one of two introduced species – the other being the greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris ...

By Elizabeth Landau Faster than Gene Kelly tap-dancing in the rain, many species of poison dart frogs tap their middle toes on their hind feet so rapidly it can look like a blur. Look at that toe go.

Toxins found in the skin of poison dart frogs may hitch a ride there via molecular taxicabs. Now, scientists have pinpointed a protein that can give at least some poisons a ride. The protein ...

The Harlequin frogs, also known as poison-dart frogs, were stuffed inside film canisters and were described by Colombian officials as being dehydrated and stressed. The suspected smuggler ...

But none are quite like the tap dancing that scientists have observed in poison dart frogs: These amphibians reserve their moves not for potential mates, but for prey. Across many of the nearly ...

An Anole (Anolis) lizard from Colombia ... but I want to study other lizard genres, snakes, and frogs in the future,” he says, adding that his passion for studying reptiles started back when ...

The most toxic, worst-tasting poisonous frogs are also the most physically fit, a new study finds. Poison dart frogs, which are native to the rain forests of the Amazon, secrete a bitter toxin ...