In Key Largo this spring, wildlife crews started turning local opossums into unlikely scouts, slipping lightweight tracking ...

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

Florida researchers are deploying GPS-collared opossums to help locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons, which are now being found beyond the Everglades. The method began after a 2022 study ...

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 ...

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