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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A startling sight from Kerala has gripped social media after a massive snake was photographed gliding across a bicycle’s handle. The image, originally shared by a Reddit user, has gone viral on the ...