They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat.

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 in ...

Wildlife officials in the Florida Everglades are flipping the script on predator versus prey with robotic rabbits. Watch this ...

Battling to control the population of Burmese pythons, authorities in Florida have turned to robot rabbits for help.

A team dedicated to controlling populations of invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida has deployed another unique method to find the elusive predators: robotic rabbits. The robots are ...

The robot rabbits are remote-controlled, solar-powered and even have cameras which can look out for signs of movement that would show if a python is close by.

New research confirms that Burmese pythons, dumped in Everglades National Park in Florida and now reproducing, are wiping out the mammals that have historically populated the park, the Miami Herald ...

Kirkland said pythons have decimated up to 95% of mammals in parts of the Everglades. The hope is that these robotic rabbits will coax some snakes out of hiding, making it easier to capture them.

The Burmese python is considered an invasive species in the Everglades and has been wiping out other animals such as the marsh rabbit. The concern with eating the snakes is their high mercury levels.

Burmese pythons like this one are responsible for the rapid decline of native mammals in the Florida Everglades National Park.