WASHINGTON — A species of poison dart frog has been hatched in human care for the first time, through the work of Smithsonian scientists. Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and Smithsonian ...

Poison dart frogs exhibit extraordinary parental devotion, with males guarding eggs and transporting tadpoles to safe bromeliad nurseries. Females then return to feed their young unfertilized eggs, ...

STAMFORD — An orange and black male frog not much longer than an inch carries a tiny tadpole up to the top of a tropical plant and places it inside a well of water to await its first meal: an ...

DONOSO, Panama, Sept. 29 (UPI) --Andinobates geminisae, a newly discovered poison dart frog species, is both loud and quiet -- loud in that its body is colored a garish bright orange, and quiet in ...

They shine in vibrant red, rich blue, or bright green—and with spots, stripes, or patches, they resemble small works of art ...

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 ...

In the “best dads” competition, many of the top finalists are fish. Males are solo caregivers about nine times as often as females. In fact, demonstrated prowess as a dad is something many fish ...

Blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates azureus). The blue poison dart frog is a colorful frog found in the rainforests of Suriname, a country located in the northeastern part of South America. The blue ...

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 27, No. 5 (1990), pp. 307-313 (7 pages) In species with male parental care, polygyny may reduce the parental effort provided by a male, and hence impose a ...

The old saying that people marry their parents may be true for poison dart frogs, and it may even lead to the formation of new species, according to a new study in Nature based on work at the ...