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 ...

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 ...

Toxins found in the skin of poison dart frogs may hitch a ride there via molecular taxicabs. As a group, poison dart frogs (Dendrobatidae) host an assortment of more than 500 poisonous compounds ...

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 ...

S cientists 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 ...

Adult individuals of Ranitomeya aetherea sp. Koch et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 Considered one of Earth's most toxic species, poison dart frogs come in a wide range of bright colors ...

Blue Poison Dart Frog. You wouldn’t want to run into a poison dart frog (Dendrobatidae) in the wild, so it is a good thing you can see them at the zoo!

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.

Poison arrow frogs, or poison dart frogs, are found in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America. Despite their deadly reputation, this YouTube video shows a gentler side to these ...

Hailing from the same tropical rainforests as the poison dart frog, the charismatic red-eyed tree frog represents a rainbow of colors packed into one tiny amphibian body, with its bright green ...

The new frog, like most poison dart frogs, is tiny, just 15 mm long. It also represents the first new species to be added to the genus in 10 years.

Live poison dart frogs will be featured at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, themed “Venomous vs. Poisonous,” on Sunday, March 2. The event, free and family-friendly, will take place from 1 ...