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

Researchers in Florida are capturing invasive Burmese pythons by using tracking devices placed on raccoons and possums.

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 ...

The South Florida Water Management District held a python hunt in December with cash prizes. Kevin Pavlidis won multiple awards, including for most pythons captured and the longest python. The ...

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 ...

In Florida, hunters have successfully caught and removed hundreds of pythons as part of official conservation efforts.