Officials estimate that pythons have killed 95% of small mammals as well as thousands of birds in Everglades National Park ...

Following the conclusion of its annual Python Hunting Challenge, which allows hunters to kill thousands of the invasive ...

Wildlife officials in the Florida Everglades are flipping the script on predator versus prey with robotic rabbits. Watch this ...

The robots mimic the movements and body temperature of real rabbits, a favored prey of pythons. The project is funded by the South Florida Water Management District and builds upon previous research ...

Florida’s Everglades is under ecological threats from invasive Burmese pythons, which have drastically reduced the population of small mammals and birds. To locate and remove these predators, the ...

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...

Among the cypress and saw grass of South Florida, a new weapon in the state's fight to remove invasive pythons lurks, waiting to entice its prey. Yes, it's a mechanical rabbit. Just don’t call it the ...

Robot rabbits are the latest effort by the South Florida Water Management District to eliminate as many pythons are possible ...

Burmese pythons are not native to Florida’s wetlands. Their population surged in the 1990s after the exotic pet trade and a reptile facility collapse during Hurricane Andrew.