Researchers attach tracking devices to three-pound opossums, allowing them to track and capture pythons who eat them.

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

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. A Burmese python weighing in at 202 pounds was captured, marking it as the second-heaviest ever recorded in Florida. It was 13 pounds away from breaking the record, and just one ...

Burmese pythons are spreading across south Florida but will we start to see them slither up north? What to know ...

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

Florida scientists are deploying GPS-collared opossums to locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons, a method discovered accidentally in 2022. The approach leverages the snakes’ natural predation on ...

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