Florida finds an unexpected ally in the fight against pythons: opossums

Researchers attach tracking devices to three-pound opossums, allowing them to track and capture pythons who eat them.

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.

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.

Scientists sacrifice delicious opossums to fight Florida’s invasive pythons

Some of Florida’s opossums may soon start dying for a noble cause. A few select marsupials fitted with tracking collars may ...

Possums vs. pythons: How Florida’s only marsupial became a weapon against invasive snakes

KEY LARGO — Biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove part a curtain of vegetation and stride into the shadows of a dense forest in Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge to check on a line of possum ...

Raccoons and possums with tracking devices used to locate invasive pythons in Florida

Researchers in Florida are capturing invasive Burmese pythons by using tracking devices placed on raccoons and possums.

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 ...

Florida's python hunt coming soon. What to know about the reigning champ

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