A new species of snake was recently discovered after scientists spotted it taking on a hawk on a Papua New Guinea island.

Fred Kraus was the visiting scientist on a mission to explore the habitats of the tree-dwelling snakes of the region, but as ...

He didn’t know it at the time, but he’d just discovered a new species. Fred Kraus visited Sudest Island as part of an ongoing project to document the region’s reptile diversity. He was particularly ...

On a small island of Papua New Guinea, a 4-foot-long creature moved through the overgrown rainforest covering the site of an ...

The atra tree snake, whose scientific name is Dendrelaphis atra, was found by Fred Kraus, a researcher from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, during his visit to Misima Island in the northwest ...

On an island in Papua New Guinea, a 3-foot-long creature with a black tongue made itself at home in a village garden — or it tried to, at least. Locals spotted the “smooth” animal and caught it. They ...

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

He didn’t know it at the time, but he’d just discovered a new species. Fred Kraus visited Sudest Island as part of an ongoing project to document the region’s reptile diversity. He was ...

A visiting scientist noticed the scaly animal — and discovered a new species. Fred Kraus visited Rossel Island as part of an ongoing project to document the region’s reptile diversity.

They didn’t know it at the time, but they’d just discovered a new species. Biologist Fred Kraus visited Woodlark Island as part of an ongoing project to document the region’s reptile diversity.