Invasive Burmese Pythons In Florida May Have Finally Met Their Match: GPS-Tracked Opossums

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

Florida Scientists Found an Unlikely Python-Tracking Trick After a Snake Ate an Opossum

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

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 ...

Invasive Burmese pythons may have met their match – opossums

Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.
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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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Florida uses GPS-collared opossums to track invasive pythons

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, ...

What Happens Inside This Bat-Filled Cave Could Trigger a Deadly Virus Outbreak

Ebola is one of the world’s deadliest viruses, and Marburg is its cousin. This hemorrhagic virus shares many symptoms with ...

The best movie from the year you were born, according to data

Stacker compiled data on the top feature-length films from the past 100 years, crowning a champion for each year using ...