Wildlife biologists are developing a new python tracking technique that uses GPS-collared possums to lead them to hungry ...

Scientists in Florida have launched a new offensive against the Burmese python invasion, this time using opossums, one of the ...

Florida researchers are expanding an innovative program that uses GPS-collared opossums to locate invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The method, discovered accidentally in 2022, takes ...

Scientists in the Everglades region have fitted the animal — along with raccoons — with GPS collars to track Burmese pythons ...

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

In Key Largo this spring, wildlife crews started turning local opossums into unlikely scouts, slipping lightweight tracking ...

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

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

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

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