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.

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

Scientists found a shocking way to track Florida's invasive pythons: let the snakes swallow GPS-collared opossums.

In the Florida Everglades, the Burmese python has established itself as “a slithering menace that is wiping out species”, ...

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

Florida scientists have found an unlikely weapon in their fight against invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums ...

Florida scientists are expanding a program that uses GPS-collared opossums to locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The method, discovered accidentally in 2022, takes advantage ...

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

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

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