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 ...

High in the forest canopy, one genus of snake learned how to solve the problem of flight without wings. Here’s how, according ...

TAMPA, Fla. — As if snakes weren't scary enough, imagine what it would be like if they could fly. Well, sort of. Researchers published an article in Nature Physics explaining how snakes could use ...

The mystery of how flying snakes stay aloft may have been solved by scientists. These unusual reptiles, which are found in rainforests in Southeast Asia, are able to fling themselves from trees and ...

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 ...

A snake researcher always wondered how flying snakes propelled themselves. Then, someone told him he should work with the snakes in The Cube — a... How Snakes Fly (Hint: It's Not On A Plane) Flying ...

The world of snakes is equal parts fascinating and fear-inducing. Some folks keep them as scaly companions, while others would sprint in the opposite direction at the mere hint of a slither. Love them ...

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.

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