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 South Florida Water Management District have spent over £350,000 on 120 robot rabbits equipped with a heat signature, bunny smell diffuser and accompanying cameras to weed out as many as 300,000 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

The grand prize winner last year nabbed 20 snakes. More: Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge goes on offense to fight invasive Burmese python spread "It's all because of the timing," said Kalil, who won ...