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 ...
Snakes slither, sidewind and have even been known to launch themselves from one tree to another. Now scientists have discovered another, rather startling form of serpentine movement: brown tree snakes ...
Brown tree snakes are invasive in Guam, depressing populations of native wildlife by eating lizards, birds, and small mammals. Introduced from ship cargos in the 1950s, these venomous snakes face no ...