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

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

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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 ...

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

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A python hunter earned multiple cash bonuses in March for capturing the most and longest snakes. The South Florida Water Management District's program pays contractors to remove invasive Burmese ...

Update - March 31: Tucson Police Department has shared with KGUN that the adult female was identified, located, and arrested for her involvement in the incident at Desert Pet. The female has been ...

"This snake could easily swallow at least a calf, if not an adult cow," an explorer and natural history photographer said of the python Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

A Florida snake hunter, his wife, and their two kids were able to wrestle and take out a whopping 202-pound Burmese python in a battle that saw the slithering beast drag the professional some 15 feet ...

A professional snake hunter had his hands full earlier this month, as he grappled with the second-heaviest Burmese python ever caught in Florida. Carl Jackson, 43, was dragged 10 to 15 feet over red ...