Tag Archive for 'Python'

An artistic reconstruction of the possible ecological interaction between Python and Toyotamaphimeia in the Middle Pleistocene of Taiwan. Image credit: Lab of Evolution and Diversity of Fossil Vertebrates, National Taiwan University / Cheng-Han Sun.

Giant Pythons Once Lived in Taiwan

Feb 3, 2026 by Sergio Prostak

A fossil trunk vertebra from the Chiting Formation of Taiwan reveals that nearly 4-m-long pythons roamed the island during the Middle Pleistocene. An artistic...

Thornton et al. investigated the solid urine of more than 20 reptile species. Image credit: Thornton et al., doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c10139.

New Research Reveals How Reptiles ‘Package Up and Pee’ Crystalline Waste

Oct 22, 2025 by News Staff

Both avian and non-avian reptiles excrete excess nitrogen in solid form — colloquially termed ‘urates’ — as an evolutionary adaptation...

A woma python in the wild. Image credit: Christina Zdenek.

Snakes Can Hear and React to Airborne Sound, New Study Shows

Feb 16, 2023 by News Staff

Evidence suggests that snakes can hear, but how they naturally respond to sound is still unclear. Scientists from the University of Queensland, Australian...

Pythons Lived in Europe as Early as 48 Million Years Ago

Dec 18, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of medium-sized python that lived during the early-middle Eocene period has been identified from several nearly complete skeletons...