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 ...

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[ See Photos of the Flying Paradise Tree Snake ] "The results are important, because they show how an aerodynamically very counterintuitive shape can create a high lift flow," said study co-author ...

To find out how the paradise tree snake “flies” between the trees of the Asian forest, Virginia Tech biomechanist Jake Socha and his colleagues did the obvious. They tossed snakes off a 49-foot tower ...

TAMPA (CNN Newsource) – 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 ...

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The content of this release has been modified since its original submission to EurekAlert!. The sight of a snake strikes fear in the hearts of millions of people. Fear of snakes, or ophidiophobia, is ...

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 ...