In Florida, hunters have successfully caught and removed hundreds of pythons as part of official conservation efforts.

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

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

In Key Largo this spring, wildlife crews started turning local opossums into unlikely scouts, slipping lightweight tracking ...

In the Florida Everglades, a growing predator conflict is unfolding between invasive pythons and native alligators. As ...

Wildlife researchers in Key Largo are collaring opossums to locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons that prey on endangered native mammals. The method uses mortality signals from VHF collars when a ...

America’s wildlands aren’t static landscapes—they’re arenas where power constantly shifts. Across forests, deserts, mountains ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, primarily established in the Everglades and South Florida. These snakes ...

Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.

Scientists in Florida have launched a new offensive against the Burmese python invasion, this time using opossums, one of the ...

Have any humans have been killed by Burmese pythons? What to know Florida's large, invasive residents and their ...