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

Pythons in the Everglades have a taste for rabbits, and a new study finds that the invaders' voracious appetites are to blame for pushing native mammals out of large areas of the wetlands. Some of ...

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

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 ...

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.

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.

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

The Burmese python is considered an invasive species in the Everglades and has been wiping out other animals such as the marsh rabbit.

The predator might soon become the prey if Florida scientists can confirm that Burmese pythons -- an extremely invasive species in the Everglades -- are safe for us to eat.

The annual Florida Python Challenge invites novices to hunt invasive Burmese pythons alongside professionals and compete for cash prizes.