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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Measuring as long as 4 feet, 8 inches, the Dendrelaphis anthracina, or coal black tree snake, was identified by scientist Fred Kraus while visiting Sudest Island (also called Vanatinai and Tagula ...

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.