WASHINGTON — If you've ever wondered what type of tree was nearby but didn't have a guide book, a new smartphone app allows users with no formal training to satisfy their curiosity and contribute to ...

iPhone: Nature lovers, next time you're out exploring, take a photo of a leaf with your iPhone and Leafsnap may identify the plant/tree species. Currently covering trees native to the Northeastern U.S ...

Can’t identify a particular tree? Let Leafsnap (put together by the University of Maryland’s Columbia University and the Smithsonian Institute’s brains and botanists) do it for you. The edutaining app ...

(CBS/AP) - If you've ever wondered what type of tree was nearby but didn't have a guide book, finding the answer is now as easy as a snapshot. Scientists are introducing the first mobile app to ...

In the summer of 2009, I had the pleasure of writing about John Kress, a research botanist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, and his efforts to create a DNA barcode for all 25o ...

Columbia University, the University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Institution have pooled their expertise to create the world’s first plant identification mobile app using visual search—Leafsnap.

LeafSnap, a new iPhone application developed by facial recognition experts at Columbia University and the University of Maryland, is able to determine a species of tree by analyzing a photograph of a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Nature and gadget lovers, this one's for you: a mobile app that lets you ID the species of any ...

It's a warm spring day in New York City. Kathy Elwood, a sixth grade teacher, leads a group of kids down an East Harlem street. Snapping pictures of trees, they identify different species and stop to ...