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

Researchers in Florida are capturing invasive Burmese pythons by using tracking devices placed on raccoons and possums.

Researchers attach tracking devices to three-pound opossums, allowing them to track and capture pythons who eat them.

"These snakes have been very difficult to find, and this may prove to be an efficient tracking method." ...

Florida alligators are opportunistic feeders with a wide-ranging diet. Invasive Burmese pythons are on the gator menu.

Florida scientists are using GPS-collared raccoons and opossums to locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons that threaten ecosystems from the Everglades to areas farther north. The innovative ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, primarily established in the Everglades and South Florida. These snakes ...

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

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 ...

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