Down a dirt track in Colombia, deep in a forest, conservationists are breeding prized exotic frogs to try to undercut ...

The ample wetlands, forests, rivers, and other habitats near water sources make Florida a perfect home for various frog ...

Researchers discover a simple, low-cost way to save endangered frogs from a deadly fungal disease using heat therapy called ...

In 1978, researchers studied one species of poison dart frog and found that the alkaloids in its bodies that made them poisonous were so toxic they named the frog Phyllobates terribilis ...

A high dose of the psychedelic psilocybin temporarily dissolves brain networks, Laura Sanders reported in “Psilocybin erases brain ‘fingerprints’” (SN: ...

The turquoise frog in Victor Berthelsdorf’s pond may look pretty, but for local turtles, bugs and other animals, it is anything but. Berthelsdorf first spotted the brilliantly colored American ...

The venom of the King Cobra attacks the neurological system, resulting in respiratory failure and paralysis. Its bite can be ...

The Eiffinger's tree frog (Kurixalus eiffingeri), found on Ishigaki and Iriomote islands in Japan, has a unique biological adaptation: its tadpoles do not defecate during their early developmental ...

Nature’s Incredible And Deadly Beauties!

The sauna -– a small greenhouse containing black-painted bricks warmed by the sun -- may be pleasant, but it also protects the frogs from a deadly chytrid fungus that would otherwise drive them ...

Although frog glue has been discovered throughout the ... Dyscophus and Breviceps both descended from a poisonous ancestor; and (2) their skin secretions evolved into glues independently.