Flying snake is a misnomer, since, barring a strong updraft, these animals can’t actually gain altitude. They’re gliders, using the speed of free fall and contortions of their bodies to catch the...

Flying snakes are able to undulate their bodies as they glide through the air, and those unique movements allow them to take flight, scientists have found. These snakes, such Chrysopelea paradisi,...

Flying snakes like Chrysopelea paradisi, the paradise tree snake, normally live in the trees of South and Southeast Asia. There, they cruise along tree branches and, sometimes, to get to the ground...

For some, the sight of a snake slithering on the ground is scary enough, so how about one launching itself through the air?

Little was known about how such snakes “fly” before a team of scientists from Virginia Tech published a new research paper Monday. Experts say the snakes glide through the air and study lead.

Description A flying snake is a brightly colored, winged serpent found in remote jungles. Tribespeople and cultists sometimes domesticate flying snakes to serve as messengers that deliver scrolls wrapped in their coils. Monster Tags: Misc Creature

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.

Find out how this snake hunts by flying through the air from forest treetops. Subscribe to Discovery UK for more great clips: http://www.youtube.com/subscrip...

According to research performed by Professor Jake Socha at Virginia Tech, these snakes can change the shape of their body in order to produce aerodynamic forces so they can glide in the air....