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

Florida scientists are using GPS-collared raccoons and opossums to locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons that threaten ecosystems from the Everglades to areas farther north. The innovative ...

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

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

Wildlife researchers studying mammals in Key Largo have discovered a potentially groundbreaking — if not heartbreaking — way to locate and kill invasive Burmese pythons, especially the big ones. A ...

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 ...

After nearly five months of waiting, an alarm activated on Michael Cove’s radio, a sign his study was working. To hunt pythons, an invasive predator in the Florida Keys, Cove and fellow researchers ...

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's ...