For decades, the state of Florida has faced a python problem. Burmese pythons were introduced into the Everglades through the ...

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

Wildlife researchers studying mammals in Key Largo have discovered a potentially groundbreaking — if not heartbreaking — way to locate and kill invasive Burmese pythons, especially the big ones. A ...

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

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's ...

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

Volaero Drones, a Miami based Drone Tech Startup Company, has teamed up with Bill Booth Outdoors and Bruni Infrared. They have started a python tracking project in Everglades using drones and thermal ...

Florida scientists are scaling up a novel python-tracking program that uses GPS-collared opossums to locate invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The method, discovered accidentally in 2022, ...