From a butterfly shaped by 40,000 years of isolation to creatures 1,400 feet below the sea, scientists uncovered thousands of new species in 2025 — and these nine discoveries stood out amongst the ...

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 ...

It’s not often one hears the phrases “poison dart frog” and “family friendly” in the same description of an event, but the Bohart Museum of Entomology at U.C. Davis insists its upcoming open house ...

The colorful markings of poison dart frogs vary depending on where the frogs live. Now, a new study using thousands of fake-frog decoys finds that these markings evolved hyper-locally, explaining why ...

Panama City, Dec 30 (EFE).Panama City, Dec 30 (EFE). — About 100 poison dart frogs (Dendrobatidae) are on exhibit at a hotel by the Panama Canal, where visitors can admire the tiny, brightcolored ...

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm John Ydstie. There's a new trend in the pet world that has nothing to do with cockapoodles, ferrets or Siamese fighting fish. More and more people around the ...

MILILANI (KHNL)--Nalu was a lovable, energetic five-year-old golden retriever. These dogs retrieve almost anything and that could have led to his death. Sean Omine is now left with only Nalu's ...

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 ...

You probably haven't thought about the poison dart frog lately, not unless you've eaten at a Rainforest Cafe (and please say you haven't eaten at a Rainforest Cafe). But an engineering professor ...

They shine in vibrant red, rich blue, or bright green–and with spots, stripes, or patches, they resemble small works of art ...

A story of creation is unfolding in the Amazonia exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo involving a lot of TLC by one of the Amazon’s smallest amphibians, the strawberry dart frog. For the first ...