actually has a more potent venom among sea snakes. Available data are very patchy but the deadliest sea snake in terms of human fatalities may be the beaked sea snake, Hydrophis schistosus. It’s ...

Land snakes are also missing from some warmer island countries, such as Cape Verde, Tuvalu and Kiribati. But these islands aren’t entirely snake-free. Sea kraits sometimes come ashore to lay their ...

After about eight hours at sea, Snake Island's ominous silhouette appeared in the distance.