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

Florida's opossums could soon become weaponized against prolific and invasive Burmese pythons by tracking them.

Florida scientists are scaling up a novel python-tracking program that uses GPS-collared opossums to locate invasive Burmese ...

The collars send a signal to researchers after a opossum is eaten, leading to the snake's location ...

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

A slithering sentinel male python equipped with a surgically implanted tracking device led Florida wildlife biologists to what they are calling a “breeding aggregation” -- or snake sex party. Wildlife ...

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