Among the cypress and sawgrass of South Florida, a new weapon in the state's fight to remove invasive pythons lurks, waiting to entice its prey. Yes, it's a mechanical rabbit. Just don’t call it the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The release — intentional or not — of the invasive Burmese pythons into the fragile Everglades is one of Florida's greatest ...

Out in the Florida Everglades, scientists have turned to a surprising new weapon in the battle against invasive Burmese pythons: robot rabbits. Yep, you read that right. These 40 solar-powered decoy ...

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 ...

Burmese pythons pose a significant threat to the Florida Everglades, but scientists have come up with a clever new way to lure and trap them. Reading time 2 minutes Invasive Burmese pythons are a ...

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 snakes out of their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Among the cypress and saw grass of South Florida, a new weapon in the state's fight to remove invasive pythons lurks, waiting to ...