Florida officials are testing a new method for detecting invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades that involves robotic ...

They may look out of place to us humans, but these stuffed, robotic rabbits are supposed to attract predators, specifically ...

The water district and University of Florida researchers deployed 120 robot rabbits this summer as an experiment.

Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons in Florida.

In South Florida, beneath the tangled brush of the Everglades, a toy rabbit stirs. It doesn’t hop or graze, but to a nearby Burmese python, it could pass for prey. The rabbit is a plush toy ...

They look, move and smell like rabbits a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the invasive snakes out of their hiding spots.

The latest weapon in Florida to catch Burmese pythons is one you may not expect; a furry robot rabbit. Here are six things to know about the bunnies.

Subsequent studies revealed that pythons are drawn to live rabbits in pens with an average python attraction rate of about one snake per week.

Kirkland said pythons have decimated up to 95% of mammals in parts of the Everglades. The hope is that these robotic rabbits will coax some snakes out of hiding, making it easier to capture them.

The latest weapon in Florida to catch Burmese pythons is one you may not expect; a furry robot rabbit. Here are six things to know about the bunnies.