Researchers are using GPS-wearing opossums to track down the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.

KEY LARGO — Biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove part a curtain of vegetation and stride into the shadows of a dense forest in Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge to check on a line of possum ...

Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.

One challenge in managing invasive pythons is their elusive behavior, compounded by the difficult-to-access terrain and their ...

Burmese pythons are spreading across south Florida but will we start to see them slither up north? What to know ...

Some of Florida’s opossums may soon start dying for a noble cause. A few select marsupials fitted with tracking collars may ...

The collars send a signal to researchers after a opossum is eaten, leading to the snake's location ...

Avid and amateur hunters alike have the unique opportunity to compete for cash prizes as they work to rid the Everglades of the ravenous, invasive Burmese python. The ultimate grand prize is $10,000, ...

One python hunter, Anthony Flanagan, had a busy March eliminating the invasive snakes. He was rewarded by the South Florida ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge began on Friday, inviting participants to compete for a share of $25,000 in cash prizes by removing invasive Burmese pythons from the state's ecosystem.The ...

Wildlife researchers in Key Largo are collaring opossums to locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons that prey on endangered native mammals. The method uses mortality signals from VHF collars when a ...