Herpetologist Fred Kraus discovered a new arboreal snake species, Dendrelaphis atra, on Misima Island in Papua New Guinea.

The brightly colored birds are extinct in the wild, having disappeared from their native Guam in 1988 due to the introduction ...

The Guam kingfisher is no longer found in Guam, but thanks to the help of a handful of zoos, including Cincinnati's, there's ...

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A once-extinct bird has laid eggs in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years. After returning to the wild in 2024, the ...

The birds were eliminated when the invasive brown tree snake was accidentally introduced to the island of Guam in the ’40s.

The Sihek is among the most endangered bird species in the world. For the first time in almost 40 years, recently released ...

Such was the case with the Guam kingfisher – known locally as the Sihek – when it was recently announced that the bird ...

During his visit, Kraus found several “large” snakes with white chins, the study said. Intrigued, he took a closer look at the animals, compared them with other known species and soon realized he’d ...

Screengrab from a YouTube video shared by TVWAN Online On a small island ... atra tree snakes darken in color as they age, Kraus said. A smaller, younger snake had a “gray brown” hue while ...

When Martin Kastner and I started hunting brown tree snakes on Islan Dåno’ (Cocos Island) four years ago, we didn’t know if our efforts would be successful. No invasive snake population ...