If, like Indiana Jones, you’re not a fan of snakes, then you probably won’t be booking a trip to “Snake Island” anytime soon. Picture an entire island teeming with thousands of snakes — and not just ...

On Rossel Island, Kraus found Dendrelaphis melanarkys, or the black net tree snake. This 4-foot, 11-inch reptile is easier to ...

ISLANDS aren’t all just sun, sea and sand. There’s some creepy outcrops lurking around the world – and some you can only ...

The intriguing new species, spanning around four feet and one inch in length, was found to have a "matte black" coloring.

Scientists found a 4-foot-long predator “enveloping” prey on an island of Papua New Guinea and discovered a new species, a study said. Screengrab from YouTube video shared by The Islanders Papua New ...

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 ...

Scientists found a 2-foot-long creature “inflating” its “bright blue” skin on a mountain in Sri Lanka and discovered a new species. Photo from Ashan Geeganage and Nayana Sanjeewa via Atthanagoda, de ...

In a rare and a prestigious honour in the world of biological sciences, a newly discovered species of bronzeback snake has ...

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

Villagers on an island in Papua New Guinea found a 3-foot-long ... Per the study, Kraus said he named the new species after “my late friend, snake ecologist and conservationist Philip Clark Rosen.” ...