Does urban evolution help or hamper invasive species? Among biologist invasive species have been a well-documented problem for a long time. In the Netherlands ecologist are actively fighting the spread of Japanese knotweed, American crayfish and many more invasive species. A recent article by Borden and Flory (Borden and Flory, 2021) has suggested that the... Continue Reading →
Coyotes as Proxy for Urban Evolution
Urbanization has been ever increasing since the start of the industrial revolution and has shown no signs of slowing down. This has lead to cities growing bigger and bigger and thereby imposing new selection pressures on the animals in them. However, quantifying the effects of anthropogenic selection pressures has proven difficult for non-model species due... Continue Reading →