Curare [kyoo-RAW-ree], for example, is found on the skin of colorful poison dart frogs. Another special feature of most amphibians is their egg-larva-adult life cycle. The larvae are aquatic and ...

With its bright blue body mottled with black, the cobalt poison dart frog is hailed as a “jewel of the rainforest” for its beauty. However, as its name suggests, such frogs in nature possess a ...

Poison? What poison? Some bacteria may treat the powerful toxins bathing poison dart frog skin like a buffet. The alkaloid chemicals that poison dart frogs wield on their skin increase the variety ...