The discovery of a gopher snake underscores the heightened concern regarding invasive species as holiday deliveries ramp up.

Deputies said a dozen snakes were rescued after being kept in an apartment balcony without a working warming system.

Guam has 40 times more spiders than neighbouring islands – and a population of invasive snakes so voracious, they have emptied the forests of every bird.

Harry Evans was bitten by the snake as he pulled in a net, police said A British man who died after being bitten by a sea snake in Australia was "living his dream" working on a fishing boat ...