Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons.

The Burmese python, a non native species to Florida, was first recorded in the Sunshine State in the 1990s. Its exact ...

If the experiment proves successful, an alert could go to a rapid response python elimination team or a nearby hunter.

Lord spends his time living between the Florida Keys and Arkansas studying Burmese pythons. The work required Lord to haul live pythons in his Subaru for 21 hours up to the lab in Arkansas — after ...

Researchers in Floridas are now experimenting with robotic rabbits, which they hope can be used to lure in pythons for ...

Burmese pythons, one of the world’s largest snakes, are also one of the most problematic invasive species in South Florida.

Out in the Florida Everglades, scientists have turned to a surprising new weapon in the battle against invasive Burmese ...

Scientists in Florida are using solar-powered, lifelike robot rabbits that mimic the movement, heat signature, and the scent of real rabbits in the ...

In the wild, wild world of Florida wildlife management, it’s come to this: robot rabbits versus invasive super-snakes. Yes, ...

How do you stop an invasive species from taking over an ecosystem and decimating the local species that live there? Well, if ...

Python robot programming methods: hybrid automata (behavior state machine) So far we’ve described two behaviors—go-to-goal and avoid-obstacles—in isolation.