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

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

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

Scientists in Florida have launched a new offensive against the Burmese python invasion, this time using opossums, one of the ...

Pythons typically live in rainforests near streams, although they have been known to survive in a variety of habitats, such ...

Have any humans have been killed by Burmese pythons? What to know Florida's large, invasive residents and their ...

Florida's opossums could soon become weaponized against prolific and invasive Burmese pythons by tracking them.

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

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

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

Burmese pythons provide an integrative contamination signal across terrestrial–aquatic food webs, leveraging long lifespan, ...

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 ...