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

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

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

Opossums could soon become weaponized against invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. Researchers want to fit 40 opossums with ...

Have any humans have been killed by Burmese pythons? What to know Florida's large, invasive residents and their ...

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

The collars send a signal to researchers after a opossum is eaten, leading to the snake's location ...

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

Some of Florida’s opossums may soon start dying for a noble cause. A few select marsupials fitted with tracking collars may ...

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

This Instagram post of a Burmese python eating a 77-pound white-tailed deer is quite horrifying. It teaches us a lot about the power of these incredible but invasive reptiles. At the same time, it ...

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