From rattlesnakes to sea serpents, we’ve rounded up a list of the 10 most venomous snakes in the world. Better watch where you step—or swim.

Images show aipysurine sea snakes: Emydocephalus annulatus (left) and Aipysurus duboisii (right). Claire Goiran / Shine R, Shine TG, Brown GP, Udyawer V. 2023 Sexual dimorphism in aipysurine sea ...

A yellow-bellied sea snake was spotted Friday at a Ventura County beach. The poisonous snake species, which is dark brown or black with a yellow underside, thrives in the warm waters of the ...

The "Snake Tree" image captured by Juergen Freund in Vaturova, Vanua Levu, Fiji. The photo shows several venomous sea kraits—a type of sea snake—gathering at a lone mangrove tree.

An invasive brown tree snake population has been found on Cocos Island, an 83.1 acre atoll located 1.5 miles off the southwest coast of Guam. The brown tree snake was a major contributor to the ...

Two species of venomous sea snakes that were thought to be extinct have been discovered slithering off the coast of western Australia. The brownish-purple leaf-scaled sea snake (Aipysurus ...

The Yellow sea snake (Hydrophis spiralis) is thought to be the world's longest sea snake species, with some individuals reaching up to about 10 feet (3 meters) in length. Predominantly found in the ...

Many Australian sea snake species live in the open ocean and are often accidentally caught in prawn trawls. (See snake pictures.) Little is known about the yellowish brown reptile, ...

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 ...

“Sea snakes can swim faster than you, so it’s a complete waste of time to try to swim away,” says Shine. “Don’t try to hit the snake or fend it off because that could upset it.

Venomous Sea Snakes Are 'Attacking' Divers Due to Misdirected Sexual Attraction, Study Finds A new study suggests male olive sea snakes in the Great Barrier Reef have been regularly approaching ...