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To Target Pythons, Florida Researchers Are GPS-Tracking Possums and Waiting Until They Get Eaten

As Burmese pythons continue to eat their way through the South Florida food web, wildlife biologists and researchers have come up with all sorts of ways to track down the giant snakes and slow their s...

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

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Opossums vs. Pythons: Inside Florida's Unusual Strategy for Fighting Invasive Snakes

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Opossums vs. Pythons: Inside Florida’s Unusual Strategy for Fighting Invasive Snakes

Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums.

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Invasive Burmese Pythons In Florida May Have Finally Met Their Match: GPS-Tracked Opossums

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Why Florida Scientists Are Putting GPS Collars on Opossums to Track Giant Burmese Pythons

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Key Largo’s ‘Spy’ Opossums Lead Hunters To Giant Pythons

In Key Largo this spring, wildlife crews started turning local opossums into unlikely scouts, slipping lightweight tracking collars around their necks and releasing them back into the mangrove thickets.

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As pythons try to hide, they face a new enemy: Possums with GPS collars

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 team observing racoon and possum behavior along urban ...

Florida's python hunt coming soon. What to know about the reigning champ

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