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

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.

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 ...

Firefighters in South Florida removed a Burmese python from a home in Homestead, outside of Miami. The reptile has become a ...

A team dedicated to controlling populations of invasive Burmese pythons in Florida has deployed another unique method to find the elusive predators: robotic rabbits.

The Burmese python threatens the ecosystem of the Everglades by preying on wildlife, including wading birds, mammals and ...

How do the robot rabbits catch Burmese pythons? Part of the project includes programming digital cameras to turn on when they sense the movement of a snake.

Burmese pythons have terrorized the Florida Everglades for years. Scientists are hoping robotic bunnies will end the reptile's reign over the region.

How do the robot rabbits catch Burmese pythons? Part of the project includes programming digital cameras to turn on when they sense the movement of a snake. That movement alerts researchers that ...

Burmese pythons, one of the world’s largest snakes, are also one of the most problematic invasive species in South Florida. First spotted in the Florida Everglades in the 1970s, the snakes were ...

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