Let's talk about one of the most dazzling — and dangerous — creatures in the animal kingdom: the golden poison dart frog. These tiny amphibians have incredibly toxic skin, and it packs a serious punch ...

“The new species is named after Professor Dr. Huynh Huy Dang, chairman of the Zoological Society of Vietnam, to honor his ...

Scientists have discovered a strange new toad species smaller than a fingernail in a rainforest in northeast Brazil, shedding ...

Brachycephalus dacnis is the seventh species of flea toad to be identified and is slightly larger than only one closely related species found in southern Bahia, Brazil. The study, published by a team ...

Scientists in Brazil have identified a tiny new frog species in the Atlantic Rainforest, barely visible to the naked eye.

There wasn’t a dry eye in the house after Will Clothier played his film Ramfy, which told the story of a rescued pangolin ...

Brazil’s Atlantic forest has many frogs of the Brachycephalus genus, which are known also as saddleback toads. Their penchant for springing around and leaping distances about 30 times their body ...

Last week in Atlantic City, amid discussions of business, enterprise, and strategy, nearly half of the Defector staff ...

Brachycephalus dacnis, or the Dacnis miniature flea-toad, is just 0.3 inches long, according to the study, and is “one of the ...

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen say the frogs, found across the rainforests of Madagascar, emit whistling sounds while communicating with others of their species. “That is why we ...

This wide-mouthed amphibian comes in bright greens and earthy browns, providing perfect camouflage in the leaf litter. It waits for insects, small rodents, and other frogs to wander within ...