Sea snakes are among the most intriguing marine reptiles, fully adapted to life in the ocean. Found primarily in the warm ...

Sea snakes are best known for their potent venom and startling colour schemes, leaving some impressive features overlooked. From nostrils that act as valves to tails and even scales that ease movement ...

As with the eels that the snakes prey on, the paralysis of any muscles involved in breathing or swallowing may be fatal. In the case of serious bites, sea snake antivenom can be administered.

Sea snakes have been gradually adapting their underwater vision capabilities over the past 15 million years — an impressive biological feat according to scientists. (CN) — Sea snakes have been ...

Find out more about the global trade in wild animals. Growing up to 2.75 metres long, the yellow sea snake (Hydrophis spiralis) is the longest species of sea snake. Most specimens that have been ...

Japan is one of those places that is surrounded by mystery and wonder. It conjures up images of imperial empires, ancient rituals and martial arts. It is made up of a staggering 6,852 islands ...

A British man has died after being bitten by a sea snake on a fishing trawler in Australia, police have said. The man, 23, thought to be a backpacker, had just pulled up a net off the coast of the ...

In 2022, I was hired by the BBC Natural History Unit to go to the Banda Sea to capture a remarkable behaviour: sea snakes teaming up with trevally fish to hunt. I had previously heard about this ...

plus the Crimean Peninsula and the entire Sea of Azov. Holding Snake Island completed an effective blockade of Odesa, and meant exports of the vast majority of Ukrainian grain were impossible.