Every year, between 200 and 2,000 species go extinct. This is because our environment is constantly changing around us. For example, in Florida, the Burmese python is an invasive species brought over from southeast Asia, and it has taken over the local ecosystems. This has put animals such as racoons, foxes, rabbits, and even birds like wood storks at risk of endangerment. The Burmese python was able to thrive in the Florida ecosystems because of its size, weight, and stealth. This made it into a major threat to local wildlife.

Direct human impacts can also threaten the ecosystems. For example, we use pesticides to control pests, but it has adverse effects on others as well. Also, our pollution gets into the environment. The Nashville crayfish is an example of a species that was threatened because of pollution in its natural habitat. While they are no longer threatened, bald eagles were once in danger of endangerment due to misuse of pesticides. Our impacts on the environment affect everyone, not just us.

There is potential for species to become extinct because of changes in our environment. This can happen due to a number of things such as climate, natural events, people, etc. Natural events such as tsunamis, volcanos erupting, and/or hurricanes. These types of natural events can wipe out an entire species. A lot of species cannot keep up with the climate changes in the environment and begin to start dying.

The environmental changes are very dangerous to many species because not all species can adapt. Certain resources for species run out, making it hard to thrive- to stay alive. Burmese pythons can also play a part in the extinction of species. Burmese pythons eat animals such as raccoons, possums, and bobcats. Since they reproduce a lot, this is more the chance species can go extinct. Once a species habitat is changed, -whether it is due to humans, weather, or natural events- it is more likely for species to become extinct.

Thanks to public lab we was able to discover and make data about the bad things that is going on the environment we living and the biomes around us that we use for everyday life.

The Burmese python is one of the largest species of snakes, which they are also known as an invasive species in Florida. The pythons compete with the native wildlife for food they live for to eat off. However, the Burmese pythons aren’t just competing for their food, they are also competing & fighting for a place to live. By them doing this they are running off other animals & feeding on these animals. It won’t be too long till....we are next. I’m saying this b/c due to the fact they are eating off our pets & other animals, what happens to if there are none. What will they eat?

They have already moved down to places where they shouldn’t, for instance how they are all over Florida. They are supposed to be in India one of their homelands. Already there are more than two different species that are now going out to extinction & endangerment. These species are opossums, raccoons, bobcats, rabbits, & more. So, what will we do when it's too late to stop this creature from killing our animals & they move on to us? B/c like I said it won’t be to long till we’re next, so we need to come up with something & I mean something quick before it’s too late.

P.S. I would like to give a shoutout to public lab, for giving us this chance to spread our knowledge to others & help others learn things that they didn't know.

There is only a carnet number of animals that is in our world as of now. Each of these animals are naivete to their own evierment and adopted to there own way of life. There is a balances in life that we have to maintain or everything could be wiped out completely, including humans. There was breeders that brought in a vermin's python to a place they should have not. It was for the money as they was poplar as pets. but once they was to many to feed and to big to keep they let them out into the wild.

Now today we have a problem with the python as it is wiping out all kinds of animas. The python's impact has been dramatic on the population of smaller mammals, including raccoons, opossums, marsh and cottontail rabbits, foxes and bobcats, population which have dropped drastically. There are hunters that are trying to take them out but they are hard to find as they are the masters of hiding. There are large estimates of python populations range from at least 30,000 to more than 300,000. If nothing is done about them they well keep growing and spread around the world climbing up the food chain eventually getting to humans.

PS. thank you for puilbic lab for giveing us a website that we could share the info that we know and help others learn

Endangered species are plants and animals in the environment that are in danger of becoming extinct. Extinction is when a species dies out and the species no longer exists. Extinction can happen naturally, or it can be caused by human actions. Natural extinction can happen instantly or take millions of years to occur. While extinction caused by humans usually happens due to destruction of habitats for urbanization and/or the use of resources or killing for sport. But today many animals and plant species are in danger of being extinct due to human activity. This is what puts them on the endangered species list. There are the polar bears which are an endangered species. There endangered because of ongoing and potential loss of their sea ice habitat resulting from climate change- which is caused by humans.

Threatened species are animals that are likely to become endangered within the near future. Threatened species like the Giant panda have population numbers close to being endangered. And there are calculations that show in the future their numbers will dwindle even more making them become endangered if the same events occurring today are still taking place in the future. But there are measures that are being taken to protect and stop the endangerment or vulnerability of plant and animal species.

Native species are are threated and endangered due to the impact of invasive species, due to climate change, and other changes in the environment. Like in Florida the alligator and crocodile and the python territory is starting to cross because that python population is just growing and growing. Since the population is growing the more food they have to eat to say alive so the bobcat and the raccoon population is depleting significantly. That is threatening all of the native species in Florida because now it is getting hard to survive in their natural habit.

Navies species are also becoming threatened due to climate change. The glaciers in Antarctica are melting because the world is warming up. That is all of our fault because we are adding to the world warming up and for every good thing we do we are doing 10 bad things that effect the world. The polar bears are losing resources and they are losing space to leave so they are slowly dying off.

Another thing that is killing native species off before they get the chance to reproduce is deforestation and wild fires. They animals are either dying because they don't have places to hide so their being preyed upon by their predators or the animals move into civilizations to find a home is being killed because us humans are scared of them when we took their homes for our comfortability. Wild fires also give them no places to live and it also kills many different species at the same time. Thank you to public lab for being able to express our ideas and to see how others thing of the environment.

Endangered species are those plants and creatures that have gotten to be so uncommon they are in threat of getting to be terminated. Threatened species are plants and creatures that are likely to gotten to be endangered inside the predictable future all through all or a noteworthy parcel of its extend. Things that can cause that are pesticides and other chemicals that can poison plants and animals if they are not used correctly. For example, "the passenger pigeon became extinct. All living passenger pigeons disappeared from the earth entirely. The passenger pigeon became extinct for two reasons. First, the forests where it lived were cut down to make way for farms and cities. Second, many pigeons were shot for sport and because they were good to eat. At that time, there were no hunting laws to protect endangered species like there are now." This goes to proves that a lot of main causes for threats and endangered species are pesticide like even if a host doesn't physically take up an organisms body. With that being said, I would like to thank organizations such as public labs for allowing us to express our thoughts and better access and understand information about our environment.

Endangered species are animals that have a very low population throughout the world. Many things could cause a species to become endangered. Things such as low food and invasive species. One of the main reasons that could cause a species to become endangered is humans. Humans had cause endangerment and extiontion for years. Animals like the wooly mammoth has been killed off due to humans killing them for fur and meat.

Humans aren't all that bad. There are people who try their all to help animals become nonendangered. They create laws such as no killing laws to help prevent people from killing them. They also capture animals and help them regain their population. One animal that was saved from dying off was the Panada.

The topic discussed this morning was endangered and threatened species what they were and examples of them were given. For a species to be considered endangered that certain species has to be on the verge of extinction. Extinction is the complete disappearance of a certain species of either plants or animals. Many ways species of plants and animals have gone to either become extinct or close to it in recent times was due to the actions of humans and our ignorance or careless attitude. Many examples were given today on endangered species and how they got to that stage was also explained. Examples of endangered species shown today were the the key largo woodrat and the woodrat. The reason for the extinction of these animals was the Burmese Python being an invasive species due to human activities. The Burmese Python is also threatening another species that being the American Alligator all this resulting from the release of Burmese Pythons done by humans.

Invasive species affect our environment and have a big impact on it. This happens because once your introduced to something new everything that its use to changes. In most situations they become and threat and reproduce faster. When you look at a graph chart and try to compare the prey rates from then to now you'll see the difference. Invasive species have the ability to change a lot of things including, reducing biodiversity, extinctions of native plants and animals, and competing with the native things for that resources, and changing habitats. Invasive species can also change the food web in an ecosystem by destroying our food sources. They have more negative impacts than positive impacts. Invasive species really mess up everything. Sometimes it be hard to adapt once the invasive species start reproducing. In conclusion, invasive species has a tremendous affect.

Each year, roughly 200-2,000 species go extinct due to indigenous species coming and eliminating the population of that environment. Threatened species would likely become extinct if not for human intervention. A species may be considered vulnerable if their population fails to rise or overcome what is threatening them. If a indigenous species is introduced, the entire ecosystem or habitat could be at risk.

The burmese python is a good example of what an indigenous species can do to an environment. They were shipped off from south Asia to Florida to be kept as pets, but soon grew big enough to the point that owners released them into the wild, endangering the wildlife unknowingly. Animals such as the stork, lorgo wood rat, raccoons, and bobcats have become endangered due to the negligence of humans.