Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.
Most headlines about invasive species focus on snakes. Burmese pythons in Florida, brown tree snakes in Guam, and Boa ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For now, the annual Florida Python Challenge takes place at eight competition locations in and around the Everglades, including ...
A bizarre discovery in Florida: GPS-collared opossums are now helping researchers hunt invasive Burmese pythons.
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 ...
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida's python removal team eliminated over 6,300 pounds of Burmese pythons this season, totaling over 40,000 pounds since 2013. The team uses radio telemetry to track ...
In Key Largo this spring, wildlife crews started turning local opossums into unlikely scouts, slipping lightweight tracking ...
NAPLES, Fla. — Residents of southern Florida are very familiar with the devastating effects of Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida announced Monday the ...
Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.
RIDGELAND – More than 50 snakes were seized this week after being discovered as part of a clandestine breeding operation. “The investigation indicates that an individual had been breeding the snakes ...