Opossums vs. Pythons: Inside Florida's Unusual Strategy for Fighting Invasive Snakes

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

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 ...

How to tell native Florida snakes apart from young Burmese pythons

Burmese pythons are fairly distinct once they reach adulthood. But smaller members of the species can be mistaken for native ...

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 ...

What to know about snakes in Arkansas this spring

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - A few weeks into spring, snakes are on the move in Arkansas and looking for food as temperatures ...