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How Some Snakes Have Evolved To Eat Poison Dart Frogs — and Live to Tell the Tale

The 10 snakes faced a tough predicament. Collected from the Colombian Amazon, they had been without food for several days in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why Do Poison Dart Frogs ‘Tap Dance’ With Their Toes? Research Sheds Light on Feeding Time Footwork

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 ...
Popular Science

It’s raining tiny toxic frogs

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Poison dart frogs are hard to miss. They’re bright, agile, and as ...
Kansas City Star

Poisonous creature found with baby on its back is new Amazonian species. See it

New species of poison dart frog from Brazil and Peru described after being misidentified for decades, according to a study. CRYSTAL MIRALLEGRO Unsplash For nearly 40 years, a new species of poison ...
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This Frog Species Has One of the Most Dedicated Dads in Nature

Researchers have identified a new species of poison-dart frog, Ranitomeya hwata, in the remote bamboo-forest of Alto Purus National Park located in eastern Peru. This newly discovered amphibian is the ...
The New York Times

Poison Frogs Have a Strange Behavior That Scientists Seek to Explain

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 ...