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, dubbed ...

Researchers have identified a protein that may help a poison dart frog collect toxins from food and transport them to the frog’s skin, Erin Garcia de Jesús reported in “How poison dart frogs hoard ...

They might look cute, but the toxins from a poison dart frog can be strong enough to kill several humans. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Question: How do poison dart frogs get their poison? Answer: Great question! Poison dart frogs live in rainforests, and they are some of the most poisonous animals in the world. The tiny golden dart ...

A study uncovers how poison-dart frogs remain resistant to large quantities of the potent toxin stored in their skin glands. The indigenous people of Central America devise blowpipe weapons by daubing ...

If you were viewing a list of the world’s most poisonous animal species, you’d be hard-pressed not to see a poison dart frog on it. Although they’re small, just 2 inches fully grown, they contain ...

The animal kingdom has no shortage of dance moves, from flamingoes’ synchronized sashays to the waltzes of scorpions. But none are quite like the tap dancing that scientists have observed in poison ...

Mites — not ants as long believed — appear to be the primary source of toxins used by poison arrow frogs to defend against predators, reports new research published in the early online edition of ...