A new species of poison dart frog has been discovered in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, where dense rainforests host some of the most diverse and complex ecosystems on Earth. In a study published ...

A team of wildlife researchers from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, in Brazil, working with a colleague from the National Museum of the Czech Republic, has discovered a new species of ...

In the forests of western Brazil, along the banks of a Juruá River tributary, researchers came upon more than a dozen tiny creatures, smaller than a nickel, flaunting bright colors that warned: “stay ...

Scientists found a “toxic”-skinned creature with “large” hands in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil and discovered a new species, a study said. Photos from A. T. Mônico via Koch, Mônico, Dayrell, ...

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 ...

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 ...

This newly discovered poison frog may represent an evolutionary step on the pathway towards developing brilliant warning coloration associated with other poison dart frogs. A small reddish-brown frog ...

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 ...

Green and black poison dart frogs are brightly colored, highly toxic amphibians that rely on intact rainforest habitats and ...