A family in Hervey Bay, Australia, received a rather unwanted gift this Christmas after their son found a deadly snake slithering underneath their Christmas tree on Friday afternoon. "The young child ...

There's usually a sense of excitement about what lies beneath the Christmas tree, but for one festive family the biggest surprise was lurking in the branches up above. Rob and Marcela Wild wasted no ...

Employees of a store in the Aloha State were in for a slithering surprise after a two-foot snake was found inside a shipping container of Christmas trees sent to the island. Staff at a Hilo, Hawaii, ...

It's illegal to possess and transport snakes in Hawaii because if the non-native reptiles were to gain a foothold it could be devastating for native wildlife. So when a gopher snake was discovered ...

The reptile, later confirmed to be a non-venomous gopher snake, is now in the custody of the Hawaii Department of Agriculture State of Hawaii Department of ...

HILO, Hawai'i (Island News) -- Store workers found a live, two-foot gopher snake in a shipment of Christmas trees on Saturday, Nov. 16. According to the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture (HDOA), the ...

Ah, Christmas time. A time when you gather around the fire and Christmas tree to relax with your family. At least that's how it should be. And the holidays shouldn't involve any snakes, at all, ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A live snake was discovered inside a shipment of Christmas trees at a store in Hilo on Saturday, Nov. 16. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News ...

COURTESY HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HDOA has identified the 2-foot-long reptile as a non-venomous gopher snake. COURTESY HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HDOA has identified the 2-foot-long ...

HILO, Hawaii - Shop workers unloading a supply of Christmas trees in Hawaii found an unexpected visitor hiding within the shipment. A gopher snake was discovered concealed among the trees on Saturday ...