An Iraqi snake experts group announced the documentation of the presence of the "yellow-bellied sea snake" scientifically known as Hydrophis platurus, a member of the highly venomous elapid family, ...

In a deadly game of heads or tails venomous sea snakes in the Pacific and Indian Oceans deceive their predators into believing they have two heads, claims research published today in Marine ...

"Because sea snakes have long bodies, the tail-paddle is a large distance from the head, so benefits from having a light-sense ability of its own. "The olive sea snake was the only reptile, ...

The first yellow-bellied sea snake to show up in California was found on a beach in San Clemente in 1972. ... Its body is like a modified fin and its tail is like a paddle.

A rare venomous sea snake found slithering on the sand in Newport Beach earlier this week was one of a growing number of the serpents apparently drawn far north of their usual habitat by the ...

The yellow bellied sea snake has a bright yellow underside and a flat, paddlelike tail with black spots. It is the most wide-ranging snake species on Earth, cruising the warm tropical waters off ...

A new species of venomous sea snake mysteriously covered head to tail in spiny scales has been discovered in treacherous seas off northern Australia, a new study says.. Though some other sea ...

All the latest science news on sea snake from Phys.org. Find the latest news ... Two red-tailed coral snakes have been observed competing over a caecilian in the first documented wild case ...

A Navy-trained bottlenose dolphin devoured eight venomous sea snakes one day, GoPro videos show. Dolphins have never been documented eating sea snakes, only playing with them. The attacks puzzled ...

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 ...

Rasmussen.A.R, Elmberg.J. 'Head for my tail': a new hypothesis to explain how venomous sea snakes avoid becoming prey. Marine Ecology , August 2009 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00318 Cite This Page : ...

"Because sea snakes have long bodies, the tail-paddle is a large distance from the head, so benefits from having a light-sense ability of its own. "The olive sea snake was the only reptile, ...