How many humans does it take to measure a huge Burmese python? Three.

Carl Jackson caught a nearly 17-ft long Burmese python weighing over 200lbs as part of an effort to rid Florida of the ...

Python vs boa constrictor: How these lookalike snakes differ in anatomy, behaviour, and habitat

It is easy to confuse the Boa constrictor and the Python due to their identical looks and manner of killing their prey. The ...

Possums vs. pythons: How Florida’s only marsupial became a weapon against invasive snakes

KEY LARGO — Biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove part a curtain of vegetation and stride into the shadows of a dense forest in Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge to check on a line of possum ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Planet Needs Prosperous Forests. These Scientists Are Planting More Than 33,000 Trees to Find the Perfect Species Blends

Forests provide myriad benefits, including timber, wildlife attraction, local cooling and climate resilience. At the ...

One python hunter dominates March competition for removing snakes

One python hunter, Anthony Flanagan, had a busy March eliminating the invasive snakes. He was rewarded by the South Florida ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Exploring the Use of Vulnerability-Based Analyses with Classification and Regression Trees in Reclamation's Mid-Term Operational Projections

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) projects 2 – 5-year Colorado River Basin (CRB) system conditions for stakeholders using their Colorado River Mid – Term Modeling System (CRMMS). As inputs, this ...
BBC

How to classify plants and animals

A young girl welcoming you inside a zoo, inside of which are a walrus and a zebra, and a horse Classification is the process of organising living things into categories. These categories help us to ...