Opossums vs. Pythons: Inside Florida's Unusual Strategy for Fighting Invasive Snakes

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

Invasive Burmese pythons may have met their match – opossums

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

Florida finds an unexpected ally in the fight against pythons: opossums

Scientists in Florida have launched a new offensive against the Burmese python invasion, this time using opossums, one of the ...

How to tell native Florida snakes apart from young Burmese pythons

Burmese pythons are fairly distinct once they reach adulthood. But smaller members of the species can be mistaken for native ...

Has a Burmese python ever killed people in Florida? What to know

Have any humans have been killed by Burmese pythons? What to know Florida's large, invasive residents and their ...
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Florida's Burmese pythons are starting to move north, experts warn

If residents spot one, the advice is simple: Don't touch it.

Biologists Are Using Florida Opossums as Low-Tech Trackers to Hunt the State's Invasive Burmese Pythons

The collars send a signal to researchers after a opossum is eaten, leading to the snake's location ...
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Raccoons and possums with tracking devices used to locate invasive pythons in Florida

Researchers in Florida are capturing invasive Burmese pythons by using tracking devices placed on raccoons and possums.

Possums vs. pythons: How Florida’s only marsupial became a weapon against invasive snakes

KEY LARGO — Biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove part a curtain of vegetation and stride into the shadows of a dense forest in Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge to check on a line of possum ...