GLP-1 drugs offer surprising benefits and risks

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy offer surprising benefits beyond weight loss, but also carry unexpected risks.

Biologists Are Using Florida Opossums as Low-Tech Trackers to Hunt the State's Invasive Burmese Pythons

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

Invasive Burmese pythons may have met their match – opossums

Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.

Scientists sacrifice delicious opossums to fight Florida’s invasive pythons

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) ...
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Opossums as weapons against Burmese pythons? Here's what's happening

Florida's opossums could soon become weaponized against prolific and invasive Burmese pythons by tracking them.
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Scientists are using possums fitted with GPS-tracking collars to take down pythons in Florida

For decades, the state of Florida has faced a python problem. Burmese pythons were introduced into the Everglades through the ...
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission information on looking for Burmese pythons

The FWC wants the public to help remove invasive species such as the Burmese python and has removed obstacles to killing ...
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How a common possum is helping scientists take down invasive 13-foot pythons from the wild

Small mammals are currently showing scientists exactly where to find huge snakes. Wildlife experts conducted a new method to combat Florida’s biggest threat to wildlife. While most people think of ...