Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...

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

It's the latest effort by officials to eliminate as many pythons as possible from the Everglades, where they are decimating ...

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 snakes.

MEVITA's design makes it both sturdy and easy to build by using a minimal number of parts that can all be found and bought ...

They look, move and smell like rabbits a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the invasive snakes out of their hiding spots.

Pythons are not native to Florida, but have become established by escaping from homes or by people releasing them when they become overgrown pets.

The water district and University of Florida researchers deployed 120 robot rabbits this summer as an experiment.

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 Florida.

The robots are simple toy rabbits, retrofitted to have a heat signature, a bunny smell diffuser and natural movement.

Dozens of educators, researchers, student engineers, and community groups participated in the fifth annual Southeast San Diego Science and Art Expo ...