As part of his research, David joined an expedition off the northwest coast of Australia, working with colleagues and world experts to take tissue samples from around 70 sea snakes, of seven species.

A British man has died after being bitten by a sea snake on a fishing trawler in Australia, police have said. The man, 23, thought to be a backpacker, had just pulled up a net off the coast of the ...

Assumed to be extinct in one of its last habitats on Earth, the short-nosed sea snake has been re-discovered – and the find could be a second chance for the elusive species.

Australia is home to many species of sea snakes and scientist Blanche d’Anastasi has the joy of studying them. Here, she tells us about what it takes to be a sea snake expert.

and many Australian species. This snake can be found on dark, sandy ocean floors and live up to 164 feet (50 meters) beneath the water’s surface, feeding largely on eels. Yellow sea snakes can ...

True sea snakes like these have sworn off dry land altogether. Fully marine, they give birth to live young at sea. And scientists have learned that Australia's Cleveland Bay is a biological ...

The researchers examined a number of both land- and sea-based snake species from a number of locations, such as through fieldwork in Asia and Australia. Researchers even studied snake species found in ...

Australia has a reputation for naming animals based on their color: the red belly black snake, the red necked wallaby. More ...

For a man in a Blue Mountains town west of Sydney, Australia, he had good reason for leaving the mower in the driveway at the end of December: An extremely dangerous snake was coiled inside.