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

Florida's opossums could soon become weaponized against prolific and invasive Burmese pythons by tracking them.

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

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 ...

Florida researchers are scaling up an unconventional strategy to combat invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades by fitting opossums with GPS collars. When the snakes eat these tagged prey, the ...

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