Incidentally, Peinemann came across the specimen while exploring coral reef fish diversity on a diving expedition in the Red Sea ... expanding knowledge of the animal kingdom and its importance ...

red and black, friend of Jack"—penned to distinguish it from similarly patterned, nonvenomous copycats, such as the scarlet king snake. Coral snakes are extremely reclusive and generally bite ...

A huge colony of Pavona coral near the coast of Saudi Arabia is thought to be the largest living example found in the Red Sea ...