Poison frogs living in human care aren’t poisonous, thanks to a “detox” diet of mild insects, like crickets and fruit flies. Can adding alkaloids to a frog’s diet help it regain its toxins and get its ...
For most insects, the sticky, slingshot ride straight into a frog’s mouth spells the end. But not for one stubborn water beetle. Instead of succumbing to the frog’s digestive juices, an eaten ...
Experiments reveal that pond frogs can eat highly venomous hornets without suffering noticeable damage, even after repeated stings. Most frogs successfully consumed hornets, including the notorious ...
Frogs to the rescue! Murder hornets have relatively few natural predators, but new research has revealed that the black-spotted pond frog is one of them. Kobe University ecologist Shinji Sugiura found ...
Learn how adult pond frogs survive repeated stings from the world’s largest hornets while swallowing the venomous insects whole without injury. A single hornet sting can be powerful enough to kill a ...