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

Florida scientists are using GPS-collared raccoons and opossums to locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons that threaten ecosystems from the Everglades to areas farther north. The innovative ...

After nearly five months of waiting, an alarm activated on Michael Cove’s radio, a sign his study was working. To hunt pythons, an invasive predator in the Florida Keys, Cove and fellow researchers ...

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

Wildlife biologists are developing a new python tracking technique that uses GPS-collared possums to lead them to hungry ...

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