Ecological Invaders: How Non-Native Animals are Reshaping Earth’s Ecosystems

National Invasive Species Awareness Week 2026 occurs between February 23 and February 27, 2026. Invasive species are ...

Florida Officials Warn Residents About Dangerous Invasive Reptile in the State, And It's Not a Python or Iguana

The U.S. Geological Survey calls the 6-foot reptile one of the largest and most dangerous invasive lizards in the U.S.

Digital forestry team combines AI with satellite data to monitor urban trees

A Purdue University digital forestry team has created a computational tool to obtain and analyze urban tree inventories on ...

Man fined $30,000 for poaching rare snakes from Far North Queensland rainforest

The court heard Clinton Spiteri was with two others when he visited a rainforest in the Cape York area to steal eight snakes.

Dead iguanas are falling from trees in Florida. 5 things to know

Here are five things to know about dead iguanas falling from trees: Green iguanas are considered an invasive species in ...
IEEE

Tree Species Classification Based on Crown and Tree Features Using UAV LiDAR Data

Abstract: Tree species classification plays a fundamental role in detailed forest resource surveys. The high density point cloud data obtained from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Light Detection and ...
IEEE

Efficient Urban Tree Species Classification via Multirepresentation Fusion of Mobile Laser Scanning Data

Abstract: Urban tree species identification is crucial for forest management and ecosystem assessment. Mobile laser scanning (MLS) provides significant advantages for this task through its flexibility ...
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Experts alarmed as large reptiles take over US region: 'Potential … to enhance cold tolerance'

A cold snap in Florida is proving to be lethal to some invasive species like iguanas, and even native gators. However, the wildly invasive Burmese python may be able to adapt to lower temperatures.
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Scientists just mapped the family tree of all 11,000 bird species—and you can explore it

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology today announced the release of a new online tool for studying biodiversity and the evolutionary relationships among birds: the illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny ...