Researchers are using GPS-wearing opossums to track down the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive ...
"Pythons are large-body snakes. They are constrictors. That means they're going to coil around their food in order to eat," ...
Burmese pythons are spreading across south Florida but will we start to see them slither up north? What to know ...
The opossums wear collars that send a signal to researchers when the mammal is eaten, revealing the snake's location.
Some of Florida’s opossums may soon start dying for a noble cause. A few select marsupials fitted with tracking collars may ...
Are Florida's invasive Burmese pythons are more active in warmer months? Signs show signs of cold tolerance, potentially ...
The Saugus Public Library got up close and personal with some animals as Wildlife Encounters stopped by to put on an ...
Docile, furry and cute to some, possums have become an unexpected ally in the effort to slow the invasion of Burmese pythons, ...
Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.
Invasive Asian swamp eels are spreading in South Florida canals. UF wants the public's help to track this threat to native ...
EVERGLADES, Fla. (WFLA)— A Florida representative joined university of Florida scientists to capture a 10-foot python they have tracked. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined UF scientists to ...