Scientists have discovered several live leaf-scaled and short-nosed sea snakes on reefs off the coast of Western Australia, according to a study. The team even identified a pair of courting ...

This photo of two short-nosed sea snakes alerted researchers to the species' survival, even though they were thought to be extinct for 15 years. Grant Griffin, W.A. Dept. Parks and Wildlife Normally, ...

CAIRNS, Australia, Dec. 21 (UPI) --Biologists in Australia assumed both the short-nose sea snake and leaf-scaled sea snake were extinct. Not so fast, scientists. The critically endangered species hadn ...

Scientists from James Cook University have discovered two critically endangered species of sea snakes, previously thought to be extinct, off the coast of Western Australia. It's the first time the ...

Scientists discovered unusual creatures in China and determined they were a new species of odd-scaled snake, according to a new study. Le-Qiang Zhu via ZooKeys A black and brown creature slithered ...

Two species of venomous sea snakes that were thought to be extinct have been discovered slithering off the coast of western Australia. The brownish-purple leaf-scaled sea snake (Aipysurus foliosquama) ...

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." The wetlands and ...