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Brown tree snakes have come to embody the bad things that can happen when invasive species show up where they have few predators. But new research suggests that indirect impacts might be even ...
The Department of Agriculture is aware of a large brown tree snake that made its way onto a resident's property and, subsequently, has made the rounds on social media. More: Whale's death unlikely ...
The first potential sightings of the invasive brown tree snake on Cocos Island in Guam were reported in September 2020.
The brown tree snake, a mildly venomous non-native serpent, is worrying wildlife officials in Guam. The snakes have devastated native animal populations on the Pacific making officials there try a ...
Sixty years after the brown tree snake was introduced to Guam, the islanders are battling an infestation that threatens the whole ecosystem.
Snake Population to Be Bombed With Poison Mice Brown tree snakes have overrun Guam and nearly wiped out its birds.
If you’re a brown tree snake, those dead rodents that will soon be falling from the sky over Guam’s Andersen Air Force Base could be your last meal.
So far, Guam’s containment seems to be working. Only a few brown tree snakes have ever been found in Hawaii, and none over the past 17 years.
Robert Gosnell, Guam Wildlife Services state director, said current efforts have at least stagnated the brown tree snake population.
The invasive brown tree snake hunted several Guam bird species to extinction, and the Guam rail, or ko’ko’, was almost one of those. But in 1984, the last remaining ko’ko’ on the island ...
Brown tree snakes are generally a few feet (1 meter) long but can grow to be more than 10 feet (3 meters) in length. Most of Guam's native birds were defenseless against the nocturnal, tree-based ...