Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.
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A bizarre discovery in Florida: GPS-collared opossums are now helping researchers hunt invasive Burmese pythons.
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 ...
Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.
Most headlines about invasive species focus on snakes. Burmese pythons in Florida, brown tree snakes in Guam, and Boa ...
The collars send a signal to researchers after a opossum is eaten, leading to the snake's location ...
In Key Largo this spring, wildlife crews started turning local opossums into unlikely scouts, slipping lightweight tracking ...
NAPLES, Fla. — Residents of southern Florida are very familiar with the devastating effects of Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida announced Monday the ...
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, a nonprofit organization dedicated to land and wildlife conservation, has removed a record amount of invasive Burmese pythons from farming and wilderness areas ...
Scientists are using possums equipped with tracking devices to locate invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. When a possum ...