Red-necked keelback snakes are highly toxic—mere drops of their pungent yellow poison could blind a mongoose and stop its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Some frogs and toads secrete poison through their skin ...

The tiger keelback snake, native to east Asia and Japan, is perhaps the most well-defensed animal known to science. Here’s why. The tiger keelback is truly a freak of nature. Millions of years of ...

These fascinating serpents embody acclaimed qualities including cunning and intelligence Ryley Graham - Correspondent A tiger keelback feeds on poisonous toads and stores the poison for its own use.

Fears about the impact of invasive, poisonous toads in Madagascar appear to be justified, suggests new research. The amphibians are driving a spike in deaths of a native snake species. Asian common ...

Biologists argue that more research needs to be done on the colorful yet poisonous harlequin toads of Central and South America, not only because their ecology is poorly known, but because their ...

All it takes is one miserable night after a bad dinner or drink to make humans avoid an ingredient for life. To teach freshwater crocodiles in Australia to avoid a lethally poisonous toad, all it ...