Poison dart frogs exhibit extraordinary parental devotion, with males guarding eggs and transporting tadpoles to safe ...

All frogs belong to the scientific Order Anura; the specific name varies by species. Over 7,700 frog species exist, with 40% threatened, highlighting a conservation crisis. Scientific names like Rana ...

A baby sloth named Quint was born at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island as part of the Linne’s Two-Toed Sloth Species Survival Plan.

Snakes are smarter than most give them credit for and a new study published in the ecoevorix journal only reinforces that. What they found was Amazonian snakes, when presented with a meal of poison ...

A reader recommends a candidate in the Texas Senate District 9 race. Early voting continues through Oct. 31 with election day Nov. 4. I’m a registered independent. I don’t look for the R or D after a ...

A snake encounters a deadly frog but goes ahead to eat. Rather than running away, it drags its poisonous food on the ground. There is a survival secret behind what appears as a strange dance. This ...

The 10 snakes faced a tough predicament. Collected from the Colombian Amazon, they had been without food for several days in captivity and then were presented with extremely unappetizing prey: ...

A three-striped poison dart frog in Peru. Image credits: Marina García Burgos. The 10 snakes faced a tough predicament. Collected from the Colombian Amazon, they had been without food for several days ...

Named for its heavenly beauty, its dazzling skin warns predators to stay away from lethal chemical defences hidden. Dense, moist rainforests of Central and South America provide shelter, humidity, and ...

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 ...