Eastern coral snakes are relatives of the cobra, mamba, and sea snake. They live in the wooded, sandy, and marshy areas of the southeastern United States, and spend most of their lives burrowed ...

the framework of the coral reef is filled with sediment and cemented with calcite and aragonite. If sea level changes, the reefs become exposed to corrosive rainwater that dissolves the unstable ...

The sea conceals some of the planet's most deadly inhabitants, and among them are the planet's most venomous sea snakes. These deadly snakes, unlike their land-dwelling relatives, slither through ...