Opossums are becoming Florida’s secret weapon against giant invasive pythons—thanks to GPS collars and a wild discovery.

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

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

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Florida's opossums could soon become weaponized against prolific and invasive Burmese pythons by tracking them.

Opossums are being used to fight invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. Here's how researchers are doing it and pythons ...

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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The opossums wear collars that send a signal to researchers when the mammal is eaten, revealing the snake's location.