More than 125 turn out in Guam to hunt the invasive snake blamed for bird losses and blackouts

Guam's fight against the brown tree snake drew more than 125 people to Gab Gab Beach for a workshop and nighttime hunt centered on one of the island's most destructive invasive species. The hands-on ...
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Elusive Invader: Guam’s Brown Tree Snake Problem

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 ...
NBC Bay Area

U.S. to Air Drop Toxic Mice in Battle with Invasive Guam Snakes

Dead mice laced with painkillers are about to rain down on Guam's jungle canopy. They are scientists' prescription for a headache that has caused the tiny U.S. territory misery for more than 60 years: ...

In the 1940s, a snake accidentally reached Guam after World War II, decades later, the island is still paying the price

That balance changed after the Second World War, when a single accidental introduction quietly altered the island's ...
The Times Leader

US gov’t to air-drop toxic mice on Guam snakes

(AP) Dead mice laced with painkillers are about to rain down on Guam’s jungle canopy. They are scientists’ prescription for a headache that has caused the tiny U.S. territory misery for more than 60 ...
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Elusive Invader: Guam’s Brown Tree Snake Problem

Brown tree snakes are invasive in Guam, depressing populations of native wildlife by eating lizards, birds, and small mammals. Introduced from ship cargos in the 1950s, these venomous snakes face no ...