Snakes scales propel them up tree trunks. By Kathy Wollard. Special to NewsdayJanuary 31, 2013. Share. How do snakes move forward and even climb trees, with no feet or hands? asks a reader.

If you stroke a snake, its skin feels slick and slippery (ed: or smooth, at any rate). Yet according to a new study by scientists at New York University and Georgia Tech, snakes actually depend on ...

They then changed some of the variables, such as the smoothness of the surface on which their mathematical snake crawled to predict how a real snake would perform. Here, for example, is what happens ...

A snake's scales, it turns out, are essential to its ability to slither. As a snake pushes its body forward, its scales grip the ground, propelling it ahead.

Scientists finally discover how snakes slither across smooth surfaces. June 9, 2009— -- The secrets of how snakes slither across smooth surfaces have finally been pinned down by animal ...

Without legs, snakes must get creative to slither up trees, and new research suggests they use the scales covering their bodies to make such climbs. News Today's news ...