First death of British person after taking substance has prompted calls for a ban but why do people do it?

A WELLNESS coach is feared to have died after trying a drug made from the poisonous skin of an Amazonian tree frog. Kristian Trend, 40, is reported to have taken the drug known as Kambo in a ...

The phantasmal poison frog, Epipedobates anthonyi, is the original source of epibatidine, discovered by John Daly in 1974. Epibatidine has not been found in any animal outside of Ecuador, and its ...

A DISTURBING new wellness trend has seen people burn their skin and slap frog toxin on open wounds as a form of spiritual ...

Kristian Trend recovered from Burkitt lymphoma cancer, which piqued his interest in holistic wellness and meditation ...

Poison frogs living in human care aren’t poisonous, thanks to a “detox” diet of mild insects, like crickets and fruit flies. Can adding alkaloids to a frog’s diet help it regain its toxins and get its ...

A researcher from Colombia has been looking a how Phyllobates (a genus of poison dart frogs native to Central and South America) can avoid poisoning themselves. A 2010 analysis found that more than 63 ...