Learn about the Burmese python problem in South Florida, and about an innovative initiative that relies on robotic rabbits that look and smell like the real thing — at least from the perspective of a ...

In Florida, artificial robotic rabbits have been created to catch pythons, which attract them with heat and smell and immediately send information to the authorities. Robotic Rabbit Robotic Rabbits ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo provided by the South Florida Water Management District shows a robotic rabbit in the Florida Everglades. (Photo credit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildlife officials in the Florida Everglades are flipping the script on predator versus prey with robotic rabbits. Watch this ...

Florida has deployed a new weapon in the Everglades’ ongoing crusade against the invasive and prolifically deadly Burmese python: an army of robot rabbits. Stanberry claimed $10,000, FWC’s top prize ...

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their ...

The robots mimic the movements and body temperature of real rabbits, a favored prey of pythons. The project is funded by the South Florida Water Management District and builds upon previous research ...

Officials estimate that pythons have killed 95% of small mammals as well as thousands of birds in Everglades National Park South Florida Water Management District via AP; AP Photo/Lynne Sladky ...