Florida scientists found an unlikely python-tracking trick after a snake ate an opossum

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

Invasive Burmese pythons may have met their match – opossums

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

Snake hunters catch 17-foot python they thought was an alligator: ‘It was crazy’

They’re gonna need a bigger rope. Another day, another behemoth serpent rearing its head amid Florida’s Burmese python invasion. This time, Panhandle python hunters made hiss-tory after corralling a ...

Florida finds an unexpected ally in the fight against pythons: opossums

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

Snake Hunter Filmed Wrestling 60lb Python in Florida: ‘Solid Muscle’

The moment a snake hunter had to wrestle with a huge Burmese python in the Florida Everglades in order to capture the elusive creature was captured on video. Wildlife rescuer and invasive species ...
WPBF

Scientists using new method to attract invasive snakes in Everglades

WE ARE NOT PREPARED FOR THAT. GLENN, THANK YOU. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA WILDLIFE SCIENTISTS ARE LEADING A LARGE SCALE PYTHON REMOVAL PROJECT TO PROTECT THE EVERGLADES. METEOROLOGIST BROOKS LOVERING ...
WLRN

It takes a python to find a python: How researchers bagged the heaviest snake in Florida history

When researchers with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida announced they’d bagged the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida earlier this summer, the catch highlighted a secret weapon in ...