To help them swim, true sea snakes have evolved tails shaped like paddles and narrow scales along their bellies so that they can maintain a laterally compressed shape to aid swimming. Sea kraits have ...

Olive sea snakes (Aipysurus laevis) are notorious for approaching divers. The animals have been known to swim right up to an unexpecting person and lick them, and they’ve even pursued people who’ve ...

In contrast to most totally aquatic sea snakes, they possess a paddle tail with which to swim efficiently but are often on the beach resting or reproducing. Extremely venomous, they incapacitate ...

The sea snakes were all around the island, swimming along the coral reef or looking for spots to nap, occasionally surfacing to breathe. The snakes were fairly easy to find and I was able to get ...

The Hawaii Department of Agriculture’s Plant Quarantine Branch was notified by the state land department that a live yellow-bellied sea snake had been found pinned under a log at Honolii Beach.

Eastern coral snakes are relatives of the cobra, mamba, and sea snake. They live in the wooded, sandy, and marshy areas of the southeastern United States, and spend most of their lives burrowed ...

Some snakes can adjust the angle of individual scales, to fine-tune their grip, making them excellent climbers. Sea snakes are able to supplement their air supply by absorbing oxygen from the ...