Sentences with phrase «poison dart frogs in»

When more than 30 poison dart frogs in captivity at the National Zoo in Washington died over the course of several months in 1996, the perplexed pathologists sought to identify a mysterious organism on the frogs» skin.

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During the early 1990's, scientists isolated an unusual alkaloid from a poison - dart frog in Ecuador.

Hopping around in the Peruvian jungle, near the border with Brazil, is a menagerie of tiny poison dart frogs.

He was on the trail of Ranitomeya imitator, a single species of poison dart frog that comes in about 10 different patterns.

In the wild, dart - poison frogs are very territorial: Frogs that have staked out a good piece of ground will attack any rival calling on their frogs are very territorial: Frogs that have staked out a good piece of ground will attack any rival calling on their Frogs that have staked out a good piece of ground will attack any rival calling on their turf.

A team of researchers from Arizona State University (ASU) has developed a new way to prevent ice buildup on surfaces like airplane wings, finding inspiration in an unusual source: the poison dart frog.

After letting the strawberry poison dart frogs establish territories in the lab, the scientists dropped trespassing frogs, one at a time, into each resident's home turf.

When confronted by members of their own species and one other frog species, red strawberry poison dart frogs reacted more violently than green ones, the researchers will report in an upcoming issue of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

AT RISK A poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus) in Panama is just one of hundreds of amphibian species that succumbs to the chytrid skin fungus, which scientists now know has a special trick for disabling frog immune systems.

Living in the forest are different monkeys, brocket deer, colorful poison dart frogs, sloths, peccary, jaguar, and many different birds and colorful butterflies.

Then we get drop off at the Punta to enjoy a delicious fruit and snacks break at the beach followed by a 1 hour guided hike in this wonderful coastal forest: monkeys, sloths, birds, poison dart frogs, iguanas and other interesting encounters are common.

6 natural Eco-systems have been identified in the park and it protects endangered species such as the jaguar, puma, crocodile, tapir, poison dart and golden frogs and the harpy eagle.

Six natural eco-systems have been identified in the park and it protects endangered species such as the jaguar, puma, crocodile, tapir, poison dart frogs and scarlet macaws.

In response to part one, the poison dart frogs.