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 ...

Scattered in python hot spots among the cypress and sawgrass of South Florida is the state’s newest weapon in its arsenal to battle the invasive serpent, a mechanical lure meant to entice the apex ...

Wildlife researchers in Florida have tried lots of methods to remove invasive and highly destructive Burmese pythons from Florida’s ecosystems. Most methods are inefficient, and most involve humans ...

The release — intentional or not — of the invasive Burmese pythons into the fragile Everglades is one of Florida's greatest ecological catastrophes. Pythons are voracious eaters with no native natural ...

Florida officials deploy robot rabbits to control the invasive Burmese python population. Scientists from the South Florida Water Management District and the University of Florida have teamed up to ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant ...

Officials estimate that pythons have killed 95% of small mammals as well as thousands of birds in Everglades National Park Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...