A new study shows a species of tree snake uses an unprecedented form of locomotion in order to climb objects like trees. The brown tree snake loops its body into a lasso around wide, cylindrical ...

Snake-haters, look away -- and, whatever you do, don't look up. Scientists have discovered that brown tree snakes can use a lasso-like movement to climb large, smooth cylindrical objects -- a way of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Guam brown snake is unique. Using its body like a lasso, this snake winds around the tree once and slowly lifts any side of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brown tree snakes are invasive in Guam, depressing populations of native wildlife by eating lizards, birds, and small mammals.

The island of Guam has a snake problem. Though innocuous enough in appearance – slender with brownish or greenish coloration and large eyes – brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis) have single-handedly ...