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Wildlife researchers have found an unconventional way to help control invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades – by using one of the snakes’ favorite prey. Opossums are a key food source for ...

KEY LARGO — Biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove part a curtain of vegetation and stride into the shadows of a dense forest in Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge to check on a line of possum ...

New research shows Burmese pythons are more adaptable to cold than previously thought, using burrows to survive freezes. Ecologists warn that while python sightings in Brevard County are few, there ...

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A team of researchers believes that pythons may contain clues to help treat a range of human ailments — from heart disease to muscle atrophy, and more. And now we consider pythons. It is usually best ...

CU Boulder researchers have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the snakes consume enormous meals and go months without eating yet remain metabolically healthy. The ...

Ball State women's basketball season has come to an end — a premature one, at that. After being upset by Toledo in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament, the Cardinals (26-7, 16-2 ...

One down, two to go. Ball State women's basketball's quest to return to the NCAA Tournament began with a 75-63 victory over Bowling Green in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament ...

The Ball State women's basketball team closed out the regular season Saturday with a 78-71 win over arch-rival Toledo 78-71 in Toledo. The was the Cardinals' 25th win of the season and solidifies ...

A python hunter captured the second heaviest Burmese python on record in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The captured female python measured 16 feet, 10 inches long and was found in the Big Cypress ...