As unusual governmental research grants go, investigations into flying snakes seems pretty unusual; however, that's just what the US Defense Department has been doing, funding researchers at Virginia ...

Snakes without a plane 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.

Flying snakes can glide as far as 78 feet (24 meters) without tumbling out of control because they undulate their bodies mid-flight, as if they were swimming through the air. This seems to be a ...

The secret to a flying snake’s ability to slither through the air is in its streamlined simplicity, researchers say. In certain tropical forests of Asia, small snakes (not much wider than your thumb) ...

The snake dangles 49 feet 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 would be ...

A snake jumping out a window looks nothing like a paper airplane. Few snakes do anything but fall, but the paradise flying snake widens and flattens its body as if trying to catch some lift. And ...

It has no wings and no engine — just a long, slim body. But the paradise tree snake effortlessly glides up to 32 feet (10 meters) through the air from tree to tree. Now, physicists are starting to ...

Add flying snakes to the ever-growing list of insects and reptiles getting their time in the spotlight during a year in which people are probably looking into online zoology courses. A recent study ...

With National Snake Day falling on July 16, we’ve decided to discuss snakes and their wildest yet most unknown abilities. From gliding through the air to playing dead (complete with a fake stench), ...

KERI: A gliding snake entered a house in Ghoteli, Sattari, on Wednesday, creating a minor commotion in the household. Wildlife enthusiast Vitthal Shelke was called to rescue the snake. The reptile ...