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

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

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

Ecosystems can be thrown into chaos by unexpected invaders, and few examples are as striking as a massive snake devouring a ...

Opossums are being used to fight invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. Here's how researchers are doing it and pythons ...

Florida researchers are scaling up an unconventional strategy to combat invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades by fitting opossums with GPS collars. When the snakes eat these tagged prey, the ...

Florida scientists are scaling up a novel python-tracking program that uses GPS-collared opossums to locate invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The method, discovered accidentally in 2022, ...

Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's ...