A recent feature by The New York Times examined the rise in popularity of the kambo wellness detox, a practice that involves “detoxifying” the system by applying the poisonous secretion of an ...

(PERU) -- Deep in the Peruvian Amazon lives a giant tree frog that is in high demand for its natural toxins, which people are using to poison themselves in a ceremony that has become the latest super ...

Venom from an Amazonian tree frog can cause diarrhea and heart palpitations -- but fans claim that it can cure everything from anxiety to migraines. Getty Images/iStockphoto Silicon Valley executives ...

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Scientists have described a minuscule species of poison dart frog in a remote river basin in the Amazon 1. The species might be monogamous, a rarity in frogs. Alexander Tamanini Mônico at the National ...

Reaching over 3.5 m in length, the bushmaster (belonging in the Lachesis genus) is the largest viper in the western hemisphere. Legend spread among both colonists and natives from the Amazon region ...