New tracking method: Scientists found that tagged raccoons and opossums eaten by pythons can help locate the snakes for removal. Ecosystem at risk: Burmese pythons have devastated native species in ...

Unexpected python trackers: Tagged raccoons and opossums have led scientists directly to Burmese pythons after being eaten, offering a new tool for locating the elusive snakes. Ecological stakes: ...

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

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Docile, furry and cute to some, possums have become an unexpected ally in the effort to slow the invasion of Burmese pythons, a snake that has decimated ecosystems in Florida.

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On a warm and clear Wednesday morning in the Everglades, researchers Melissa Miller and Brandon Welty dug through grass and dirt in search of a ten-foot snake they had seen just a week before. Members ...

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Abstract: Visual Object Tracking (VOT) aims to estimate the positions of target objects in a video sequence, which is an important vision task with various real-world applications. Depending on ...