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

Florida scientists are using opossums to secretly track invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades-and it's working.

We’re not putting these animals out there and in harm’s way. Harm’s way is there. We're just documenting what's happening" ...

Docile, furry and cute to some, possums have become an unexpected ally in the effort to slow the invasion of Burmese pythons, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An X-ray image shows a GPS-collar, that once sat around the neck of a possum, inside a dead Burmese python that swallowed it. An X ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Wildlife researchers studying mammals in Key Largo have discovered a potentially groundbreaking — if not heartbreaking — way to locate and kill invasive Burmese pythons, ...

Confronting footage has surfaced showing the moment an enormous snake gave a possum a brutal “kiss of death” before dropping the animal’s lifeless body to the ground. And in a strange twist, a ...

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

South Florida researchers are working on a new way to track and capture invasive Burmese pythons by using small mammals outfitted with GPS devices, according to reports. The Tampa Bay Times reported ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A carpet python was found attempting to eat a possum that had three babies in its pouch. "When we arrived the possums ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A woman in Hervey Bay, eastern Australia, was interrupted during dinner on Tuesday evening by the sound of a 7-foot ...