This unique group comprises two distinct evolutionary branches: the actual sea snakes (subfamily Hydrophiinae), kin to Australian terrestrial elapids, and the sea kraits (subfamily Laticaudinae), ...

The morphology of organisms is generally well matched to their environment, presumably because expression of their genes is tailored either at the population or the individual level to suit local ...

“蛇”——常常由于展现了一系列独特生存策略而造成人类恐慌。蛇能够利用敏锐的感官和本能在多样化的环境中生存，通过伪装与周围环境融为一体，并且在受到威胁时展现积极的防御机制。科学工作者们还发现蛇独特的社交互动形式，可能会使人类产生恐惧。为了庆祝蛇年的到来，本文将重点介绍几篇来自 Scientific ...

这个独特的群体由两个不同的进化分支组成：真正的海蛇（Hydrophiinae 亚科），与澳大利亚陆地眼镜蛇近亲；以及海蛇（Laticaudinae 亚科），与亚洲眼镜蛇近亲。尽管这些蛇类生物具有强大的毒性，但由于它们不具攻击性、毒性有限且毒牙较短，因此与它们相遇 ...