Blossum, the first-ever Virginia opossum educational ambassador at the Florida Wildlife Hospital, was humanely euthanized ...

Florida scientists are deploying GPS-collared opossums to locate and remove invasive Burmese pythons, a method discovered accidentally in 2022. The approach leverages the snakes’ natural predation on ...

Florida Wildlife Hospital mourns Blossum, their first opossum ambassador. Learn about her legacy and impact on education.

Blossum, a Virginia opossum, served as an animal ambassador at the Florida Wildlife Hospital. She was euthanized at nearly ...

Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums. Because opossums are one of the snakes’ favorite prey, scientists discovered ...

Florida wildlife researchers have found an unlikely ally in the battle against invasive Burmese pythons: the opossum. Opossums are a key food source for Burmese pythons, which are top predators in the ...

Scientists in Florida are using an unexpected tool to fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums. Specifically, opossums wearing GPS collars. And the strategy doesn’t involve following ...

(NewsNation) — Opossums are known to be one of snakes’ favorite prey, and now scientists in Florida are using them to their advantage. Scientists in the Everglades region have fitted the animal — ...

Opossums are cat-sized marsupials known to “play dead” when threatened, the Florida fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says. This is not the opossum involved in the fatal crash. Karen ...

Florida's invasive Burmese python may have met its match with the opossum. Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums.