A woman has been charged with wildlife trafficking after she was busted allegedly trying to smuggle over 100 poisonous, endangered frogs out of Colombia into Brazil. The New York Post reported the ...

A Brazilian woman travelling to Sao Paulo via Panama has been charged with wildlife trafficking after 130 Harlequin frogs were seized from her luggage. The alleged smuggler was arrested at Bogota’s El ...

If not for a pair of Smithsonian scientists, the fingernail-size frog from Brazil would have likely gone extinct without ever being described ...

The golden poison dart frog looks harmless — small, brightly colored, and no larger than a light bulb. But it is one of the most poisonous animals ever discovered. A single frog carries enough ...

The phantasmal poison frog, Epipedobates anthonyi, is the original source of epibatidine, discovered by John Daly in 1974. Epibatidine has not been found in any animal outside of Ecuador, and its ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (KFOR) – Police detained a woman at an airport in Bogota, Colombia, after finding 130 poisonous frogs in her suitcase. The woman, who was not identified by name, had attempted to ...

Poison frogs living in human care aren’t poisonous, thanks to a “detox” diet of mild insects, like crickets and fruit flies. Can adding alkaloids to a frog’s diet help it regain its toxins and get its ...

Sure, here's the new description with all the links and additional text removed: --- Plenty of frogs can be poisonous, but ...

SCRANTON – Down a stark hallway and around a corner, Vincent Farallo, Ph.D., swipes his card and opens the door to a research lab at the University of Scranton. Nearly 70 poison dart frogs sit in ...

The toe tapping behavior of various amphibians has long attracted attention from researchers and pet owners. Despite being widely documented, the underlying functional role is poorly understood. In a ...

Unlike their relatives, individuals of the poison frog Allobates femoralis are not poisonous but are captivating due to their different behavioral profiles: They successfully reproduce with different ...

It is well known that some species of frogs tap their posterior toes as they are seeking prey; this can be seen in many videos posted online. However, only a few studies to date have looked at the ...