Fred Kraus was the visiting scientist on a mission to explore the habitats of the tree-dwelling snakes of the region, but as he crossed a local mining site, a large, black-eyed snake caught his eye as ...

Along the small creeks and tributaries of the Fly River in western Papua New Guinea, a mining company ... but as the town has expanded, wildlife officials became worried about the species.

Torricelli Mountains, a tiny mountain range in northern Papua New Guinea, is estimated to host ... so they can take photos of wildlife they come across.

Intrigued, he took a closer look at the animals, compared them with other ... Island off the southeastern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, the study said. A video shared on YouTube in 2020 ...

Villagers on an island in Papua New Guinea found a 3-foot-long creature ... Rosen’s tree snakes darken in color as the animals age, Kraus said in the study. Smaller, younger snakes generally ...

On a small island of Papua New Guinea, a hawk tried to attack a ... black snakes in the rainforest and around villages, but the animals were “difficult to capture,” the study said.