Most headlines about invasive species focus on snakes. Burmese pythons in Florida, brown tree snakes in Guam, and Boa ...

The island of Guam has a snake problem. Though innocuous enough in appearance – slender with brownish or greenish coloration and large eyes – brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis) have single-handedly ...

Scientists have identified the genetic changes that helped tree-dwelling snakes to evolve longer tails across multiple ...

For the third time, volunteers and wildlife specialists combed Islan Dåno' at night looking for brown tree snakes. For the third time, they came up empty. And for the people ...

IT'S MIDNIGHT ON Guam, and an eight-foot-long brown tree snake has just emerged from a toilet bowl. After hours of slithering through sewage pipes, she's hungry. She slides across the bathroom floor ...

Snakes have always been interesting organisms with their mysterious eyes and hunting abilities, but their vision remains one of nature's best-kept secrets. Unlike humans who see a vibrant world of ...

Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers of Australia helped the homeowners remove the brown tree snake Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal ...

A new species of snake was recently discovered after scientists spotted it taking on a hawk on a Papua New Guinea island. Measuring as long as 4 feet, 8 inches, the Dendrelaphis anthracina, or coal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There are few phrases guaranteed to trigger disbelief ...

Snakes are normally perceived as animals which move on the ground and glide in silence through tall grasses and sand. However ...