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 ...

Poison frogs appear to have built their chemical defenses gradually: related frogs store low to moderate levels of diet-derived alkaloids, whilst poison frogs store more and can chemically modify them ...

Poison frogs are small and brightly colored amphibians that originate from Central and South America. As suggested by their name, these frogs can release highly toxic chemicals from their skin, which ...

This newly discovered poison frog may represent an evolutionary step on the pathway towards developing brilliant warning coloration associated with other poison dart frogs. A small reddish-brown frog ...

The golden poison frog of Colombia packs enough toxin in its skin to kill ten grown men, yet it produces none of that poison itself. Like other poison frogs, it harvests alkaloids from the ants and ...

Three studies have recently explored toe-tapping, which seems to have something to do with frogs preying on insects. By Elizabeth Landau Faster than Gene Kelly tap-dancing in the rain, many species of ...

Poison? What poison? Some bacteria may treat the powerful toxins bathing poison dart frog skin like a buffet. The alkaloid chemicals that poison dart frogs wield on their skin increase the variety of ...