A new study has found that sea snake attacks on humans may be the result of them mistaking humans for a potential mate. Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images They think they’re being ...

An incredible image showing a photographer's point of view as he was surrounded by venomous sea snakes is among the pictures chosen for the 58th Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. The ...

For decades in the 19th and even early 20th centuries, sea serpent sightings were commonplace. Most famously, the crew of HMS Daedalus supposedly watched one for more than 20 minutes in 1848. Not long ...

An artist's drawing of a mosasaur attacking another mosasaur underwater. Scientists have named an ancient species of giant sea lizard with "angry eyebrows" and a stumpy tail after Jörmungandr, a sea ...

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Fourteen years ago, HSOY published an article in the Register about Cape sea monsters. Since then, having newspapers online and able to be digitally searched has revealed far more sightings than ...