Japan is one of those places that is surrounded ... On this trip I was with producer David Marks and cameraman Robin Cox to film sea snake hunting, an ancient ritual passed down through ...

It occurs in the western Pacific Ocean, specifically off Japan, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia. Unlike strictly aquatic sea snakes, the black-banded sea krait is semi-terrestrial ...

More information: Isaac H Rossetto et al, Dynamic Expansions and Retinal Expression of Spectrally Distinct Short-Wavelength Opsin Genes in Sea Snakes, Genome Biology and Evolution (2024). DOI: 10. ...

sea snakes teaming up with trevally fish to hunt. I had previously heard about this phenomenon from a friend, who was one of the first to witness it. Our search for sea snakes began here.

“There are signs everywhere warning of 'habu' snakes. Are there really so many ... kayaking through Japan’s second-largest virgin mangrove forests; and trying your hand at traditional crafts ...