What is a sea snake? ‘Not all snakes living in the sea are sea snakes,’ explains Dr David Gower, Merit Researcher at the Museum and a specialist in snakes.. Biologists use the term ‘true sea snake’ ...

Nine species of sea snakes have now been identified as having regained the genetic requirements for advanced color vision, demonstrating that once a complex trait has been lost to evolutionary ...

Hydrophis cyanocinctus, a species of sea snake found in tropical waters of Southeast Asia. Scientists found it uses a hole in the top of its head to breath.

Join us as we dive into the deep blue to meet one of the ocean's most fascinating and mysterious creatures: the yellow-bellied sea snake.

The yellow-bellied sea snake, Hydrophis platurus, by contrast, has a vast range and habitat. The 3.3-foot-long snakes drift along ocean currents feeding on fish, ...

image: Hydrophis cyanocinctus. view more Credit: Parviz Ghezellou. An international team of scientists examining the genetic history of sea snakes have found that the species has enhanced their ...

A new subspecies of sea snake has been discovered off the coast of Costa Rica, and it’s got a unique hunting style that’s never been seen before in aquatic reptiles.

Costa Rica's yellow sea snake curls up before striking prey, a technique that hasn't been seen in other sea snakes. Costa Rica's yellow sea snake curls up before striking prey, a technique that ...

One of these is the venomous, blue-banded sea snake (Hydrophis cyanocinctus), which slithers around the shallow waters of tropical Australia and Asia. Advertisement.

Recent work has proven that false—and a new study suggests that yellow-bellied sea snakes (Hydrophis platurus) rehydrate at sea by drinking rainwater that collects on the ocean surface.Water ...

The yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) is the only reptile in the order Squamata that lives on the open sea.It has one of the largest geographic ranges of any vertebrate species. Given ...

"I have been studying sea snakes in the Baie des Citrons for 20 years, and thought I understood them very well -- but the Fantastic Grandmothers have shown me just how wrong I was," Goiran said of ...