Poison dart frogs

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

Issue 59: FractalSpring 2024

Ecology

This article explores how poison dart frogs manage to be deadly to predators but immune to their own poisonous defenses. Scientists have discovered toxin-absorbing molecules called alkaloids that make them resistant, with the potential to treat poisoned humans in cases such as overdoses.

Poison dart frogs

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