Poisonous amphibian defenses are linked to higher extinction risk
Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 10:31
in Biology & Nature
Amphibians which have a toxic defense against predators - such as the iconic poison dart frogs - have a much higher risk of extinction than species which use other types of defense mechanisms, research shows. The key finding of this study is that poisonous species are 60% more likely to be threatened than species without chemical defenses.