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

Florida researchers are expanding a python-tracking method that uses GPS-collared opossums to locate invasive Burmese pythons. Discovered accidentally in 2022, the approach has already led to the ...

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

Though Burmese pythons can grow to over 20 feet in length, those captured in Florida are usually between six and 10 feet long ...

Opossums are known to be one of snakes’ favorite prey, and now scientists in Florida are using them to their advantage.

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

Scientists have fitted the animals with GPS collars to track Burmese pythons after they swallow the animals whole.

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

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

Treasure Coast beach is most-eroded in Florida, costing $15 million biennielly. Sand has been placed there 14 times since ...

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

Opossums are being used to fight invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. Here's how researchers are doing it and pythons ...