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, ...

Burmese pythons are top predators in the Florida Everglades, and wildlife researchers have found a way to help control the invasive species by using opossums. Researchers have fitted opossums and ...

Wildlife researchers have found an unconventional way to help control invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades – by using one of the snakes’ favorite prey. Opossums are a key food source for ...

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Florida's invasive Burmese python may have met its match with the opossum. USA TODAY Florida scientists have found an unlikely weapon in their fight against invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: ...

New research shows Burmese pythons are more adaptable to cold than previously thought, using burrows to survive freezes. Ecologists warn that while python sightings in Brevard County are few, there ...