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

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

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

The robot rabbits, which cost about $4,000 each and are financed by the water district, are an experimental effort to lure the snakes out of hiding.

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

they would become python prey. “The rabbits didn’t fare well,” said Robert McCleery, a UF professor of wildlife ecology and conservation who's leading the robot bunny study that launched this summer.

They are simple toy rabbits, but retrofitted to emit heat, a smell and to make natural movements to appear like any other ...

Wildlife authorities are taking a novel approach to removing pythons from treasured glades, deploying lifelike robotic ...