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 ...

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

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

Some of Florida’s opossums may soon start dying for a noble cause. A few select marsupials fitted with tracking collars may begin to lead scientists to invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A carpet python was found attempting to eat a possum that had three babies in its pouch. "When we arrived the possums ...

Confronting footage has surfaced showing the moment an enormous snake gave a possum a brutal “kiss of death” before dropping the animal’s lifeless body to the ground. And in a strange twist, a ...

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

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

The FWC wants the public to help remove invasive species such as the Burmese python and has removed obstacles to killing ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A possum found hanging upside down in the grasp of a large carpet ...