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

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

Wildlife biologists are developing a new python tracking technique that uses GPS-collared possums to lead them to hungry ...

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

The war being waged against Florida's most notorious pest experienced a recent battlefield victory. It's a sign humans could finally be gaining ground against one of the greatest invasions ever to ...

Volaero Drones, a Miami based Drone Tech Startup Company, has teamed up with Bill Booth Outdoors and Bruni Infrared. They have started a python tracking project in Everglades using drones and thermal ...

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, ...

A slithering sentinel male python equipped with a surgically implanted tracking device led Florida wildlife biologists to what they are calling a “breeding aggregation” -- or snake sex party. Wildlife ...

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