A 2.5m python was rescued 2.5km offshore near Durban during a fishing competition. Here’s how the dramatic ocean rescue ...

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

Wildlife biologists are developing a new python tracking technique that uses GPS-collared possums to lead them to hungry ...

Scientists found a shocking way to track Florida’s invasive pythons: let the snakes swallow GPS-collared opossums.

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

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

Opossums are being used to fight invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. Here's how researchers are doing it and pythons ...

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

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

Florida scientists have found an unlikely weapon in their fight against invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums ...