And although they're not powerful swimmers, they have spread throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans, ranging from Japan to New Zealand and from South Africa to Central America. But there is a glaring gap in sea snakes' near-global distribution: the Atlantic Ocean. read more
But there is a glaring gap in sea snakes’ near-global distribution: the Atlantic Ocean. “Why there are no sea snakes in the Atlantic is a question we’ve been asking for a long time,” said Coleman Sheehy, Florida Museum of Natural History herpetology collection manager. read more