Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.
Researchers attach tracking devices to three-pound opossums, allowing them to track and capture pythons who eat them.
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.
A bizarre discovery in Florida: GPS-collared opossums are now helping researchers hunt invasive Burmese pythons.
Florida researchers are combating invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades by fitting opossums with GPS collars, turning predator-prey encounters into tracking opportunities. The method, discovered ...
In the Florida Everglades, the Burmese python has established itself as “a slithering menace that is wiping out species”, ...
Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's ...
Burmese pythons are one of the Sunshine State's most invasive species and have been an established predator in the Everglades ...
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.
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