AFRICA: CREATURES consuming species that contain deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to stay alive. The 10 snakes faced a tough predicament. Collected from the Colombian Amazon, ...
A researcher from Colombia has been looking a how Phyllobates (a genus of poison dart frogs native to Central and South America) can avoid poisoning themselves. A 2010 analysis found that more than 63 ...
From monarchs to sea slugs, various creatures consume chemicals that keep predators at bay Brian Handwerk - Science Correspondent Monarchs, some frogs and other animals feed on toxic plants or bugs ...
A team of only 15-30 can wipe out a colony of thousands of bees, especially European honeybees, in under three hours. Frogs to the rescue! Murder hornets have relatively few natural predators, but new ...
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 of ...