Researchers have discovered a natural mosquito repellent in the smelly secretions of green tree frogs. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

Special chemicals covering the skin of a tiny yellow-striped Amazonian frog provide a protective shield that wards off leaf-cutting ants allowing it to live comfortably among them. The ants do not ...

MANAUS, Brazil, Oct. 20 (UPI) --Most frogs and amphibians that get in the way of South America's leaf-cutting ants will end up bitten -- pestered until they vacate the ants' territory. But not ...

Certain tropical poison frogs excrete a lipophilic alkaloid on their skin that keeps yellow fever mosquitoes-a common vector of a wide variety of parasitic pathogens-from snacking on their blood. The ...