Snakes (Serpentes) live almost everywhere on Earth, except the polar regions, which are too cold for these cold-blooded ...

You’d probably call me a poisonous snake, but I’m not really. I’m venomous ma non troppo. I’ve got enough venom for a lizard or a rodent, but not enough to trouble a human, even if one should dare to ...

Yes, you read that right—some snakes can “fly.” Okay, they don’t exactly sprout wings, but members of the Chrysopelea family like the Golden Tree Snake also called the Ornate Flying Snake can glide ...

2. Oriental Flying Snake (Chrysopelea ornata) This flying snake is a colubrid snake found in both South and Southeast Asia. Shagil Kannur, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Oriental Flying ...

From bushes to branches: Snakes that hardly spend time on the ground Paradise flying snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) Native to Southeast Asia, the paradise flying snake is a master glider.

Most of us think of snakes as slithering creatures that stick to the ground—or maybe climb trees at most. But believe it or not, some snakes can actually glide through the air, moving from tree to ...