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Urban Galápagos: Part 1
What does it mean to be urbanized on a volcanic archipelago? With ‘Darwin Day’ (February 12th) just behind us, my upcoming research trip to the Galápagos Islands feels almost unbelievably well-timed. My goal will be to study one of the…
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Urban Adaptation in Mammals
Mammals are some of the most easily recognizable and endearing critters to share our cities with us. Who doesn’t love a cute bunny or squirrel in a city park? Or a fox or raccoon slinking through the streets at night.…
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Invaded Invasives: Do urban lizards have more parasites and how might this influence their ecology?
Anole invasion One of my favorite things about Florida, besides the warm weather, is that it’s home to several anole lizards that have invaded from nearby. Some lizards invaders come from Cuba, like the brown anole (Anolis sagrei). Others, like…
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Media Summary: Planet Earth II – Cities
As someone studying animals in cities, I often feel need to justify why it is essential that we understand how organisms utilize and evolve within urban habitat. People may think that I study urban environments because I’m lazy or can’t…
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Time for a Dive Part II: Urban Evolution in the Aquatic
Above: (c) Erin Walsh for Journal of Conservation Physiology on the evolution of heat tolerance in Daphnia Earlier this week, I introduced you to the aquatic flea, Daphnia magna, and its habitat in urban environments. I’ll pick up where I left off…
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Time for a Dive Part I: An Introduction to the Water Flea Daphnia magna and Urban Aquatic Habitats
Above: (c) Erin Walsh for Journal of Conservation Physiology on the evolution of heat tolerance in Daphnia “No they do not itch”, “Yes, they are super cute”, and “Yes, they live in water”. “Also in this pond?”. Behold the standard answers…
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City Gulls of Spain
One thing I always wonder when I see birds flying around cities is “where are they nesting???” Fortunately, the Audubon Society has an answer for that question – many birds nest in and on buildings and other anthropogenic structures. For…
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Proc. B Special Issue: Cities as Novel Hybrid Zones for Lizards
This post is part of our series covering the large number of urban evolution manuscripts that were published in August in the special issue “The Evolution of City Life” in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Urban environments are…
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