Toxins on poison dart frog skin mold the skin's microbial community, boosting species variety and potentially even feeding some daredevil bacteria.

Bagheera kiplingi, a jumping spider from Central America, is unique for its largely herbivorous diet, primarily feeding on acacia Beltian bodies. Unli ...

Skin shedding is a natural and essential process for frogs. Unlike mammals that shed skin continuously in small amounts, ...

In the case of the black-spotted pond frog, it usually takes an average of 50 hours to excrete after eating other bugs. But the aquatic beetles came out an average 1.6 hours after being swallowed.

JOJX director Radical Friend (aka Kirby McClure) talks us through the crystal amphibians and lucky feet-warmers that keep his ...

Most squirrels are omnivores, but are usually seen eating nuts, seeds, and grains. However, some species are known to eat some animal protein. The eastern gray squirrel will supplement its diet with ...

It's Complicated: Researchers Discover Unexpected Complexity of Sexual Differentiation in African Clawed Frog Dec. 16 ... estimates that more than 9000 insects and other native invertebrates ...

This also gives shelter to frogs and fish underneath ... They live in the water until they’re fully grown, and eat insects. They eat the insects they catch while still flying around.

The researchers also found 45 reptile and amphibian species, with three new to science: a rain frog, a narrow-mouthed frog, and a climbing salamander. 12 insects new to science were among the 289 ...

According to scientists who study diseases, the possibility of a fungal pandemic—the subject of science fiction TV shows like “The Last of Us,” could be more of a reality, thanks to climate change and ...