Across oceans, frozen tundra, and dense rainforests, we explore animals that rely on toxins to survive and rank them by how quickly they can kill if eaten. Bright warning colors - known as aposmatic ...

First it was a nerve agent allegedly applied in his underwear. Then it was a poison found naturally on the skin of South American rainforest frogs. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny barely ...

The tiny charismatic frog is just one of thousands. Not long ago, herpetologist and lifelong frog collector Devin Edmonds spent hours with colleagues scouring nearly 8,500 listings such as these on ...

The allegation feeds into a long history of high-profile poisonings in Russia, many targeting foes of President Vladimir ...

LONDON (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with a rare and lethal toxin found in the skin of poison dart frogs, five European countries said Saturday.

The Kremlin denied Monday that it fatally poisoned former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2024, after five European countries said Saturday the 47-year-old was poisoned via a lethal ...

If not for a pair of Smithsonian scientists, the fingernail-size frog from Brazil would have likely gone extinct without ever being described Jack Tamisiea Museum scientists collected this frog ...

A field adventure documenting the careful capture of a toxic frog, revealing how its potent defenses work and why the species commands respect. Mike Johnson scrambles to pass Pentagon bill as GOP ...

ALTOS DE CAMPANA NATIONAL PARK, Panama — Brian Gratwicke’s lunch box was full of frogs. Kneeling on the muddy rainforest floor, the biologist opened his red Coleman cooler and scooped one up. It was a ...

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Twelve pairs of poison dart frogs were recently translocated in Panama in a bid to strengthen the species’ chances of survival and provide answers ...