Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.

Florida researchers are combating invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades by fitting opossums with GPS collars, turning predator-prey encounters into tracking opportunities. The method, discovered ...

Florida scientists are using opossums to secretly track invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades-and it's working.

"We need everything that we can find to remove as many pythons as possible." ...

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They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their ...

Opossums are becoming Florida’s secret weapon against giant invasive pythons—thanks to GPS collars and a wild discovery.