The transition of animals from land to sea is one of the most profound evolutionary shifts in Earth’s history. While adaptations such as modified limbs and lungs are well-documented, far less is known ...

Can you tell a venomous aquatic creature from a non-venomous one? Test your knowledge of some of the world’s most dangerous underwater animals here. Most people, when asked, are able to name a few ...

Some snake species defy expectations by effortlessly gliding through the air or swimming with remarkable agility. These fascinating reptiles, from aquatic sea kraits to airborne tree snakes like ...

It was a beautiful calm day for a scuba dive, and we took off with six divers aboard our small dive boat. About 100 yards offshore, we dropped down into clear warm water at 40 feet deep right into the ...

Earth's oceans are home to some of the most venomous species on Earth, delivering stings and bites that can kill a human in minutes. And venomous marine critters will become more common as climate ...

Being able to slither gracefully through the ocean isn't the only thing that sets sea snakes apart from snakes on land: Their sex lives are vastly different too. To adapt to life in the ocean, sea ...

Among the most adept swimmers are sea snakes, which spend their entire lives in the ocean, and water snakes that live in and around fresh-water habitats in the eastern half of the United States.

Sea snakes exemplify a unique evolutionary transition from terrestrial to fully marine lifestyles. Their morphology, physiology and behaviour display a suite of adaptations that enable survival in ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm after an unusually high number of sightings of sea snakes washed up on beaches in Australia. Over a dozen highly venomous sea snakes have washed up dead or become ...

A new paper in Genome Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, finds that the annulated sea snake, a species of venomous snake found in ocean waters around Australia and Asia, ...