Florida researchers are deploying opossums fitted with tracking collars to locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons threatening native wildlife. The method, developed after discovering python-eaten ...

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

"The Burning Man of snake hunting: it brings the wrong kind of attention to this problem." 🐍 Oscope Labs has unveiled an ...

Some of Florida’s opossums may soon start dying for a noble cause. A few select marsupials fitted with tracking collars may ...

Slaughterhouses produce 331 pounds of nitrogen a day, equal to 14,000 people's raw sewage. Yet the state won't let the county ...

Three years after Florida wildlife officers mistakenly killed a pregnant pet boa constrictor named Big Shirl, the snake’s ...

Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.

State uses casino money to fund resources for problematic gamblers, but records show the new nonprofit operating the hotline is subcontracting with its for-profit counterpart New documents show a ...

EVERGLADES, Fla. (WFLA)— A Florida representative joined university of Florida scientists to capture a 10-foot python they have tracked. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined UF scientists to ...

EVERGLADES, Fla. (WSVN) — It’s not every day you see an elected official in the wild hunting for pythons. Democratic U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined a team of scientists from the ...

March 10 (UPI) --Firefighters in Florida came to the rescue of a large pet python that slithered into the dashboard of a car and wouldn't come out. The Coral Springs Fire Department said on social ...

Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...