Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Olive sea snake has special valves in its nose to keep water out while its swimming.© DNC40/Shutterstock.com Apart from its ...

The ancestors of cobras and related snakes first emerged in Asia roughly 35 million years ago. Many researchers thought the Elapoidea superfamily of snakes evolved in Africa before slithering their ...

In the world of poisonous snakes, two species tend to hog the limelight — the Inland Taipan and the sea snake. Although both have deadly venom that can kill a human being, they are worlds apart 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 ...

The state has issued an advisory to beach goers and ocean users about a sea snake sighting on the Big Island. Courtesy photo The sighting of a highly venomous yellow-bellied sea snake at Honoli’i ...

HILO, Hawaii (KHNL/Gray News) - Officials in Hawaii are urging the public to be careful after a highly venomous snake was found on a Hilo beach last week. The Hawaii Department of Agriculture’s Plant ...

Sea snakes are often more venomous than their land-dwelling counterparts. Though their venom isquite potent, sea snakes tend to be docile and calm. Apart from its remarkable size, the olive sea snake ...