Wildlife researchers in Key Largo are collaring opossums to locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons that prey on endangered native mammals. The method uses mortality signals from VHF collars when a ...
KEY LARGO — Biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove part a curtain of vegetation and stride into the shadows of a dense forest in Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge to check on a line of possum ...
The opossums wear collars that send a signal to researchers when the mammal is eaten, revealing the snake's location.
One challenge in managing invasive pythons is their elusive behavior, compounded by the difficult-to-access terrain and their ...
Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.