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

Contractors with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Thomas Aycock, left, and Tom Rahill, founder of the Swamp Apes, a veterans therapy nonprofit, show off an invasive Burmese python caught earlier, as they wait for sunset to hunt pythons, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in the Florida Everglades. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

A bizarre discovery in Florida: GPS-collared opossums are now helping researchers hunt invasive Burmese pythons.

Read full article: Bicyclist struck by SUV in hit-and-run crash in Kissimmee Utility companies urge people to conserve energy WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would ...

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