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.
Green Matters

Florida Thinks It Has Found Its Solution to Burmese Pythons in a Surprising Place

Possums are being put to work in Florida in the fight against invasive Burmese pythons, here's how the experts are using the ...
Hoodline

Key Largo’s ‘Spy’ Opossums Lead Hunters To Giant Pythons

In Key Largo this spring, wildlife crews started turning local opossums into unlikely scouts, slipping lightweight tracking ...
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Florida scientists scale up GPS-opossum strategy to track pythons

Florida researchers are expanding a program that uses GPS-collared opossums to locate invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The method, discovered by accident in 2022, takes advantage of the ...

How a common possum is helping scientists take down invasive 13-foot pythons from the wild

Scientists are using possums equipped with tracking devices to locate invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. When a possum ...
Florida Gators

Gators Notebook: McDonald Answers Call, Pet Owner Banks, Big 12 Lacrosse, More Tidbits

Finding time to study for organic chemistry had not been a problem for Gators two-way player Caden McDonald. McDonald had ...
News 13

Route Reports helping CFX locate problem spots on toll roads

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Central Florida Expressway Authority is using first-of-its-kind technology with Route Reports, monitoring 125 miles of toll roads. Central Florida Expressway Authority is using the ...