The event now feels like equal parts wildlife management effort, local tradition, and surreal endurance test.

The OP said they were prepared for danger and wanted to get "hands on with whatever I'm allowed to." ...

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

Possums are being put to work in Florida in the fight against invasive Burmese pythons, here's how the experts are using the ...

Some of Florida’s opossums may soon start dying for a noble cause. A few select marsupials fitted with tracking collars may begin to lead scientists to invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) ...

Not all oddballs are harmless fun in Xander Robin’s immersive, Floridian subcultural documentary The Python Hunt.

The collars send a signal to researchers after a opossum is eaten, leading to the snake's location ...

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

BURMESE PYTHONS ARE ONE OF THE STATE’S MOST FEARSOME INVASIVE SPECIES, AND WHILE THEY MAINTAINED A PRESENCE IN THE EVERGLADES FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS, A NEW STUDY REVEALS THEY’RE TRAVELING NORTH. JJ ...