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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Staff at a Hilo, Hawaii, store spotted the large reptile while they were halfway through unloading a container of holiday trees Saturday, according to a news release from the Hawaii Department of ...

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 ...

It's beginning to look a lot like hiss-mas. Employees of a Hilo, Hawaii store were shocked to discover a snake slithering around a shipment of fresh Christmas trees. The employees found the scaly ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Employees at a shop in Hilo made an unwanted discovery while unloading a shipment of Christmas trees over the weekend. Workers of the undisclosed location were about half ...

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 ...

The inspectors then “checked every Christmas tree and the inside of the container” but found no additional animals, officials said. Photo from Bonnie Kittle via Unsplash A slithering 2-foot-long ...