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.

The Marine Education Society of Australia states that this common species is accountable for about 90% of all reported sea snake bite deaths. Owing to the curvature of its nostrils, it is also ...

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 ...

The little tern, a seabird, is the 95th and latest addition to the EPBC list. According to the ­organisations, the government ...

Australia has an abundance of true sea snakes, with about half of the 70 or so named species found here. They have evolved to fill a wide variety of niches, and although many are not yet listed as ...

Olive sea snakes (Aipysurus laevis) are notorious for approaching ... now a research scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia, was working ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in his Sydney backyard. David Stein ...