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

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 ...

Scientists found a shocking way to track Florida’s invasive pythons: let the snakes swallow GPS-collared opossums.

New Jersey is a densely populated state, but it also hides some of the Northeast’s rarest snakes. They live in pine forests, ...

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

Carl Jackson caught a nearly 17-ft long Burmese python weighing over 200lbs as part of an effort to rid Florida of the ...

If you grew up on nature documentaries, you probably have “snake = scary predator” wired into your brain. But out in the real world, snakes are very much on the menu. Birds stomp them. Mammals chew ...

When it comes to food consumption, snakes skip the whole chewing bit and swallow their meals whole. But sometimes their eyes ...

Connecticut is home to a wide variety of snakes. Meet reptile lovers protecting the valuable animals ...