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

McKenzie captioned the video. "As brutal as it can be to watch, it's fascinating to see a snake catching itself a meal! Common Tree Snakes have adapted very well to catching frogs, even in very ...

Which brings us to the colubrids or rear-fanged snakes like the common tree snake, brown tree-snake, and keelback. The colubrids are the world's most successful family of snakes, and Australia is ...

“Slipping was actually fairly common, so even though they can make ... This form of locomotion has only been recorded in brown tree snakes climbing human-made poles in Guam, and so it’s ...

The snake was a common tree snake. It would be frightening to discover a snake in your bathroom, but for an Australian guy in Hervey Bay, Queensland, this dread came true. The shocked man was ...

Common tree snakes are exactly as their name suggests — common. But the sighting of one this week has truly stopped Aussies in their tracks thanks to one rare detail. On Monday, one of the ...

Copperheads — the most common venomous snake in the state ... If something or someone shakes a tree, or if a snake coils around or latches onto a prey and loses its balance, the snake might ...