The Asian swamp eel may be worse for Florida than Burmese pythons

Crayfish and amphibians are vanishing as a stealth invader spreads statewide, raising alarms about cascading losses across ...

10 types of pythons found across the world: Meet the world’s longest, rarest, and most powerful snakes

Not all pythons belong to one homogeneous group. Modern classification of snakes places the family Pythonidae under numerous ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A New, Endemic Tree Species Discovered in an Indigenous Area is Already Threatened

Botanists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) named the new species, Clusia nanophylla, because of the tiny size of the leaves, the smallest within the genus. This species has only ...
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7 Snakes That Are Adapted for Hunting Birds

WorldAnimalFoundation.org is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn More High in the trees, where feathers flutter and nests sway in the ...
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9 Snakes That Live the Deepest in the Forest

WorldAnimalFoundation.org is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn More Deep within the heart of the world’s forests—where sunlight ...
MLive

‘A menu of tree species:’ This guide helps homeowners select trees that will thrive

If you’re thinking of planting a new tree in your yard, put down the shovel and check out this new guide from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The Michigan Communities Trees Species ...
CNN

Newly identified species of Tanzanian tree toad leapfrog the tadpole stage and give birth to toadlets

Scientists have newly described three extraordinary species of tree toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage. The females give birth on land to dozens of toadlets, each measuring just a few ...
New York Post

Florida solves invasive python problem by transforming apex predators into A-list leather goods

Shopping will now save the planet. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced this week that the state is taking an uncharacteristically classy approach to tackling one of its most notorious ecological ...
Iowa Public Radio

How to identify a tree’s species

To properly manage a tree, you need to know what species it is. Plus, tree identification is a lot of fun. Knowing a tree’s species is key to understanding their proper growing conditions, how to ...
CBS News

Florida deploys robot rabbits to control invasive Burmese python population

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 ...
USA Today

Florida's new python hunting queen makes history and catches 60 snakes

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...