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With striking colors and a resounding croak, the poison dart frogs at the Dakota Zoo are small but mighty. We spoke with ...

The poison dart frog, with its dazzling array of colors, seems like nature’s own jewel. However, beneath their vibrant exterior lies a serious warning to potential predators: danger. These distinctive ...

Dodging fire-ants, snakes and millions of nighttime creepy-crawlies, a group of trekkers advances through the humid Bornean ...

The golden poison frog. Image via Unsplash The Golden Poison Dart Frog is renowned for its toxicity. It carries enough poison to kill ten adult humans. The primary toxin, batrachotoxin, disrupts the ...

Green and Black Poison Frog Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ... Object Details Keywords Species: azureus,Genus: Dendrobates,Family: Dendrobatidae,Order: Anura,Class: ...

The toxin is deadlier than cyanide and is among the most lethal substances in the animal kingdom. It’s the same substance found in certain poison dart frogs halfway round the world.

Recently, after writing about mangoes, I received the following email from Steve Huffman: “It might be worth mentioning that mango sap can cause skin irritation similar to poison ivy. When I was ...