Elusive Invader: Guam’s Brown Tree Snake Problem

The island of Guam has a snake problem. Though innocuous enough in appearance – slender with brownish or greenish coloration ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Invasive Brown Tree Snakes Stun Scientists With Amazing New Climbing Tactic

When biologists found three locally endangered Micronesian starlings dead in their nest box on Guam in 2017, the culprit was obvious. The birds are a frequent target of invasive brown tree snakes. The ...
Environment News Service

Toxic Mice Latest Weapon Against Guam’s Brown Tree Snakes

These snakes were captured by hand in one night on Guam. (Photo courtesy USGS) HONOLULU, Hawaii, February 24, 2013 (ENS) – The federal government is preparing to drop dead mice laced with a snake ...
Scientific American

Brown Tree Snakes Twist Themselves into ‘Lassos’ to Climb

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 ...