Scientists have taken a big step forward in figuring out how some snakes are able to leap from tree to tree without ever touching the ground. In a study, researchers from Virginia Tech used 23 ...

For some, the sight of a snake slithering on the ground is scary enough, so how about one launching itself through the air? Chrysopelea paradisi -- the paradise tree snake -- does just that, ...

In India and across Asia, flying snakes possess a remarkable ability to glide through the air. These arboreal reptiles launch ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This may be the last thing that anyone with a touch of ophidiophobia - fear of snakes - would want to hear: flying snakes have surprisingly good aerodynamic qualities.

Researchers explore the lift production mechanism of flying snakes, which undulate side-to-side as they move from the tops of trees to the ground to escape predators or to move around quickly and ...

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The snake dangles 49 feet (15 meters) off the ground, tail entwined around a branch. Suddenly, the animal rears up and launches, flinging its body toward the forest floor. In other reptiles, the leap ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- It's a question no one could really answer about rare ``flying'' snakes whose horizontal glide is twice the height of the trees they use as diving boards. How on Earth do they do that?