Snakes are fascinating reptiles that can be both captivating and frightening. They slither, stare, and sometimes strike.

“Snakes just don’t move this way.” The brown tree snake, “lasso-ing” its body up the three-foot metal stovepipe baffle. Video by Tom Seibert/Colorado State UniversityCreditCredit ...

The discovery has stunned herpetologists and may help explain the brown tree snake's damaging impact on Guam's ecosystems. They suspected the nocturnal snakes couldn’t move up the smooth ...

A new snake species was discovered in April 2025 that will have you checking the forest canopy instead of the ground in the country where it was spotted.

The federal government is providing more funding to help eradicate and control Guam's brown tree snake population. Skip to main content You have permission to edit this article. Edit Close ...

Snake catcher Lockie Gilding, who attended the removal in Ninderry, Queensland, said the reptile was a brown tree snake. Gilding also stated that the cheeky snake was a hatchling, less than a year ...

The black snake Dendrelaphis atra has been discovered on an island in Papua New Guinea; this species stands out for its unique melanism.

Queensland experts Chris Hay and Christina Zdenek run snake handling courses to bust myths and teach professionals how to ...

MIAMI, July 28 (Reuters) - Two invasive species, the American bullfrog and the brown tree snake, cost the world an estimated $16 billion between 1986 and 2020 by causing problems ranging from crop ...

The Guam kingfisher, also known as Sihek, was last seen in the wild in 1988. It was decimated by the brown tree snake, which was accidentally introduced to Guam in the 1940s. Realizing that the ...