(1) A paradise tree snake, Chrysopelea paradise, gliding in air. (2) 3D snake body model with skeletal joints for horizontal undulation. (3) Vortex structures of the undulating snake. (4) Spanwise ...

The Nature article, titled "Gliding flight in snakes," also describes the three-dimensional kinematics of gliding by the paradise tree snake. More specifically, the snake changes its undulation ...

Wednesday Today was fly-day. I climbed to a lofty branch of my current tree, fixed my eyes on the target tree across the clearing and reared up. I rose until my head was high above the twig – I’m a ...

Chrysopelea paradisi — the paradise tree snake — does just that, propelling itself through the air from trees in South and Southeast Asia. Little was known about how such snakes “fly ...

The paradise tree snake belongs to a particularly unique family of serpents capable of “flying” through the air, likely much to the dismay of anyone suffering from ophidiophobia.

The paradise tree snake, of course, has no limbs to which such a membrane might be attached, and its noodle-shaped body does not seem ideal for generating lift or stability— yet somehow it is able to ...