In the 1940s, the brown tree snake reached Guam hidden in post-WWII cargo and set off a chain reaction that scientists are still measuring today: birds gone, tree seedlings down by up to 92%, and spiders multiplying up to 40-fold on an island that once had neither

Discover how the brown tree snake, an invasive species in Guam since the 1940s, has led to the extinction of bird species and a catastrophic decline in plant regeneration, affecting the island's ecosystem.

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