Imagine this: A snake-like creature as long as a bus glides through the sea–on the hunt. Sounds like a nightmare? Fortunately, it remains just that, as this animal has long been extinct. Fossils of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Being able to slither gracefully through the ocean isn't the only thing that sets sea snakes apart from snakes on land: Their sex lives are vastly different too. To adapt to life in the ocean, sea ...