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

Ilha da Queimada Grande, Brazil's Snake Island, hosts the unique golden lancehead pit viper. This critically endangered species evolved in isolation. While venomous, snakes are not aggressive unless ...

Snake Island is home to the golden lancehead viper, one of the most venomous snakes on the planet. Cut off from the mainland, these snakes evolved in isolation, becoming more aggressive and more toxic ...

Alessandro Palci's research is made possible by funding provided by the Australian Research Council and is currently affiliated with the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Museum. Emma ...

Sado Island, Japan, is inhabited by seven species of snakes, the largest number in any isolated island in Japan, except for the subtropical Ryukyu Archipelago. Researchers conducted a 5-year field ...

Just 20 miles off the coast of southeastern Brazil lies a place so dangerous it has been permanently closed to the public. Known as Snake Island, or Ilha da Queimada Grande, this remote outpost is ...

“Island tiger snakes start showing shape changes in their skull bones only after prolonged feeding on large prey. “Skulls of island tiger snakes are better able to change their growth when trained on ...

The authorities recently confiscated an unusual pet that a man brought to the beach, highlighting what has become an impromptu petting zoo. By Michael Wilson When a 13-year-old girl drapes a huge ...

Ecology of snakes on islands / Marcio Martins and Harvey B. Lillywhite -- Isolation, dispersal, and changing sea levels : how sea kraits spread to far-flung islands / Harold Heatwole -- Terrestrial ...