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

Every month the South Florida Water Management District challenges contracted hunters to eliminate as many of the invasive ...

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

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Some of Florida’s opossums may soon start dying for a noble cause. A few select marsupials fitted with tracking collars may begin to lead scientists to invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) ...

The event now feels like equal parts wildlife management effort, local tradition, and surreal endurance test.

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Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums. Because opossums are one of the snakes’ favorite prey, scientists discovered ...