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

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 ...

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

Carl Jackson caught a nearly 17-ft long Burmese python weighing over 200lbs as part of an effort to rid Florida of the ...

In Florida, hunters have successfully caught and removed hundreds of pythons as part of official conservation efforts.

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

A 15-foot Burmese python was caught swallowing a “full-sized” deer in Southwest Florida, proving the invasive apex predators are ambushing and eating bigger prey. The python was 115 pounds and the ...

Burmese pythons may be the most destructive foreign animal in Florida Everglades history. They're among the largest snakes in the world, averaging between 6 and 9 feet. The longest python ever ...

A python hunter captured the second heaviest Burmese python on record in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The captured female python measured 16 feet, 10 inches long and was found in the Big Cypress ...