Florida officials are testing a new method for detecting invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades that involves robotic ...

They may look out of place to us humans, but these stuffed, robotic rabbits are supposed to attract predators, specifically ...

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

In South Florida, beneath the tangled brush of the Everglades, a toy rabbit stirs. It doesn’t hop or graze, but to a nearby Burmese python, it could pass for prey. The rabbit is a plush toy ...

Wildlife researchers in Florida have tried lots of methods to remove Burmese pythons from Florida’s ecosystems. The latest trick relies on the snake’s ability to find a delicious-lookin… ...

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 latest weapon in Florida to catch Burmese pythons is one you may not expect; a furry robot rabbit. Here are six things to know about the bunnies.

Night of the Robbits! A water management district in Florida’s Everglades is using robot rabbits to help monitor and eventually eliminate its ever-growing population of invasive Burmese pythons ...

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.

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.

Remote-controlled robot rabbits are being deployed to help tackle Florida’s invasive python problem. The Burmese python threatens the ecosystem of the Everglades by preying on wildlife, including ...