This depiction of the Gloucester sea serpent was created in the 1880s-1890s, per the Cape Ann Museum. The caption says it's "engraved from a drawing taken from Life" in an August 1817 sighting. If we ...

A sea snake’s senses of sight and smell are greatly diminished underwater, and the added challenge of trying to stay buoyant makes underwater mating no easy feat. A new study has identified several ...

Highly venomous olive sea snakes may “attack” scuba divers as part of misplaced courtship behaviors, according to a new study. Divers regularly report sea snake interactions involving chasing and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The ancient oceans of the Eocene epoch teemed with ...

Coastal and tropical waters harbor formidable sea snakes, some of the ocean's most potent predators. Species like Dubois's Sea Snake, Yellow-Lipped Sea Krait, Beaked Sea Snake, and Olive Sea Snake ...

Sea snakes have dramatically reconfigured their sense of smell for underwater life. Researchers found their airborne scent detection system has largely vanished, while their water-based chemical ...

Sea snakes aren’t angry when they aggressively swim at divers, scientists say. They’re just confused and looking to mate. By Jason Bittel If you are ever scuba-diving and a six-foot-long sea snake ...

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 ...