Opossums are known to be one of snakes’ favorite prey, and now scientists in Florida are using them to their advantage.

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

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

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

A venomous bite is terrifying — but being swallowed whole is something else entirely. Pythons don’t just kill their prey, ...

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

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

Florida alligators are opportunistic feeders with a wide-ranging diet. Invasive Burmese pythons are on the gator menu.

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