New Caledonia residents succeed in educating people to respect their sea kraits. Here a visitor drops to the ground to admire a “tricot raye” crawling ashore for a rest. “That’s OK,” she said. “He ...

There are currently 18 to 19 families of snakes with approximately 2,950 different species. With so many snakes, both on land and in the sea, there is a wide variety of colors and sizes. In the ...

With venom more toxic than a cobra's, a banded sea krait could kill a human with a single bite, but the good-natured sea snakes are unlikely to attack. From the Show ...

Banded sea krait Banded sea krait is a part-time swimmer. It hunts in water but comes to land to rest or lay eggs. Moves slowly in the sea, but it knows what it’s doing. Its bite is strong, though ...

An incredible image showing a photographer's point of view as he was surrounded by venomous sea snakes is among the pictures chosen for the 58th Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. The ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

Beachgoers often find unusual things that have washed up with the tides. But many people were surprised when a venomous yellow-bellied sea snake recently was found alive on California’s Newport Beach.

From the ‘brains’ of NASA’s Europa Clipper to a lion’s mane jellyfish, the 29 images selected for the 2023 annual National Geographic Pictures of the Year issue commemorate extraordinary photographs ...