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

Pythons and anacondas are often confused as being the same, and it’s easy to see why. Both are massive, non-venomous snakes that kill their prey by biting and squeezing it to death. But despite their ...

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The robots mimic the movements and body temperature of real rabbits, a favored prey of pythons. The project is funded by the South Florida Water Management District and builds upon previous research ...

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

Despite miles of ground covered as we drove through the Everglades under the cover of darkness, it was impossible to ignore the fact that we hadn’t spotted a single mammal. The expansive wetlands in ...

If there’s anything more awkward than finding snakes fighting at a family cookout, it’s realizing those two snakes are mating in front of your kids. That happened Friday night to the Rinehart family ...