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

Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.

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

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