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 ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

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 invasive snakes out of their ...

High-tech decoys may be the key to saving Everglades wildlife from one of the region’s deadliest predators. In the heart of the Florida Everglades, scientists are taking an unexpected and innovative ...

The remotely controlled robotic rabbits have been placed at various undisclosed locations in South Florida to see how well they fool the invasive snakes. Robert McCleery Wildlife biologists in Florida ...

Florida scientists are using robotic rabbits to lure invasive Burmese pythons out of hiding. Designed to mimic real prey with heat, motion, and scent, these decoys offer a humane, tech-driven way to ...