There are currently 18 to 19 families of snakes with approximately 2,950 different species. With so many snakes, both on land and in the sea, there is a wide variety of colors and sizes. In the ...

A marine snake has evolved to see colour after losing the ability millions of years ago. It is one of only two reptiles known to have regained this type of colour vision. Over the last 25 million ...

Black sea snakes are prone to being weighed down by algal spores, making them slower swimmers than their black-and-white-banded cousins, say researchers. Dr Rick Shine of University of Sydney and ...

There’s nothing quite like a hungry baby. For this mother eagle, mealtime means turning to the water for a tasty snake treat.

Better hope you don’t get bit by any of these venomous snakes. Top row: Robert Hamilton/Alamy; Wiki Commons; Sam Yue/Alamy. Middle row: Scott Travers; Design Pics Inc/Alamy; Dimitry Orlov/Alamy.