Florida scientists are deploying GPS-collared opossums to locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons, a method discovered accidentally in 2022. The approach leverages the snakes’ natural predation on ...

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

Wildlife near misses captures predators, prey and dangerous animals frozen in moments where one wrong move could change ...

Florida alligators are opportunistic feeders with a wide-ranging diet. Invasive Burmese pythons are on the gator menu.

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

In Key Largo this spring, wildlife crews started turning local opossums into unlikely scouts, slipping lightweight tracking ...

Have any humans have been killed by Burmese pythons? What to know Florida's large, invasive residents and their misconceptions ...

Florida's opossums could soon become weaponized against prolific and invasive Burmese pythons by tracking them.

New research shows Burmese pythons are more adaptable to cold than previously thought, using burrows to survive freezes. Ecologists warn that while python sightings in Brevard County are few, there ...