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 ...

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.
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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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Brian Simpson: Rapid domestication through selective breeding, animal ‘highways’ in the Everglades reveal ecological dynamics, and the controversial benefits of smokin…

Rapid animal domestication and ecological challenges reveal unexpected insights into human impact on wildlife.

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 ...

Where are Burmese pythons in Florida? They're moving north

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, primarily established in the Everglades and South Florida. These snakes ...
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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 ...