There are currently 18 to 19 families of snakes with approximately 2,950 different species. With so many snakes, both on land ...

They even give birth to young in the water. This group otherwise contains land-based snakes such as cobras and mambas. There are also eight species of sea krait, Laticauda, a semi-aquatic group of ...

There were hundreds more than thought! Now onto a couple of different sea snakes, sea kraits are similar to sea snakes but they do spend some time on land. They will come ashore to eat at times ...

The image shows dozens of banded sea kraits—a type of venomous snake—hanging out at a lone mangrove tree in the sea. "I had been working with sea kraits and sea snakes for many years and ...

Authors call for including species in biodiversity assessments; sea snakes are highly sensitive to pollution, temperature ...

the banded sea krait spends much of its time in coral reefs in the coastal waters of the eastern Indian and western Pacific oceans. But, unlike "true" sea snakes, banded sea kraits are only semi ...

All sea kraits and true sea snakes have paddle-shaped tails that help them zip through the water. Yellow-bellied sea snakes are classic hydrophiids. True sea snakes like these have sworn off dry ...

Its venom is potent, and the Stokes’ sea snake has been reported to carry out unprovoked attacks on divers. Adorned with striking black and white bands, the banded sea krait, also known as the ...

If you're an air-breathing sea snake, life in the tropical waters of the ocean is fraught with challenges. For instance, sea snakes regularly shed their skin like any other snake — but the process ...