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 discovered that a poison frog species described decades ago was based on a mix-up involving the wrong museum specimen. The frog tied to the official species name turned out to be brown, ...
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, ...
Funding: This study was funded by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas (FAPEAM Grant process n° 01.02.016301.03252/2021-67 from 007/2021 BIODIVERSA to A.P. Lima). ATM received a ...
The Amazon is a huge and highly unexplored territory, five times larger than the state of Texas. 10% of Earth’s wildlife we ...
frog Amazon rainforest Peru, poison dart frog Ranitomeya ventrimaculata small tropical amphibian kept in rain forest terrarium© Dirk Ercken/Shutterstock.com In a rainforest, small animals survive by ...