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Florida scientists use GPS-collared opossums to track pythons

Florida researchers are expanding an innovative program that uses GPS-collared opossums to locate invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The method, discovered accidentally in 2022, takes ...

Where are Burmese pythons in Florida? They're moving north

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

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

Opossums are becoming Florida’s secret weapon against giant invasive pythons—thanks to GPS collars and a wild discovery.
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GPS-collared opossums help track pythons after being eaten

Scientists have fitted the animals with GPS collars to track Burmese pythons after they swallow the animals whole.

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.
KSTP-TV

Minneapolis Public Schools joins growing number of districts using new bus tracking app

Minneapolis Public Schools is using a new app to track buses throughout the district. The ride to school can sometimes take as long as an hour, and from the time a child first steps on the bus, ...
WLOX

Students credited with tracking down classmate abducted at bus stop, police say

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (WXYZ) — A Michigan high school student is safe after a frightening abduction in front of other students. Police in Hamtramck said a 16-year-old ...