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

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 ...

Possums are being put to work in Florida in the fight against invasive Burmese pythons, here's how the experts are using the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An X-ray image shows a GPS-collar, that once sat around the neck of a possum, inside a dead Burmese python that swallowed it. An X ...

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 ...

Wildlife researchers studying mammals in Key Largo have discovered a potentially groundbreaking — if not heartbreaking — way to locate and kill invasive Burmese pythons, especially the big ones. A ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A woman in Hervey Bay, eastern Australia, was interrupted during dinner on Tuesday evening by the sound of a 7-foot ...

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

Scientists are using possums equipped with tracking devices to locate invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. When a possum ...