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Scientists at Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia are working to uncover this mystery, and determine if the same technology could be applied to robots.

The amphibians stretch their limbs and tails to glide in a smooth style

How do boa constrictors breathe while constricting their victims? A new study finds that snakes can switch which set of ribs they use to draw in air as they crush their meal before devouring it.

How do boa constrictors breathe while constricting their victims? A new study finds that snakes can switch which set of ribs they use to draw in air as they crush their meal before devouring it.

How do boa constrictors breathe while constricting their victims? A new study finds that snakes can switch which set of ribs they use to draw in air as they crush their meal before devouring it.

To some, the thought of snakes flying through the air is the scariest thought imaginable, but, as we'll explain, flying snakes don't actually fly, they 'fall with style.'

Image from Scientific American (Credit: S Gart, J Socha, Vlachos, Jung)

Microbes wriggling. Snakes flying. Helmets crashing together.

The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the Fralin Life Sciences Institute returns.

When The Brood X Cicadas Descend In Masses, So Do Bug Scientists Millions upon millions of Brood X cicadas are emerging, and entomologist Marianne Alleyne didnt want to miss it. "I didnt see it 17 years ago, and I wanted to experience it," says Alleyne. "My brother-in-law actually put it perfectly: This is your entomology Woodstock, isnt it?" Brood X isnt the only group of cicadas that spends nearly two decades underground, but it is the biggest and most famous. The return of these enormous bla...