Author: Kristin Winchell
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Urban Ichs and Herps!
The annual Joint Meeting of Icthyologists and Herpetologists (JMIH) kicks off today in Snowbird, Utah. This is one of my favorite conferences so I’m…
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Urban Dragons are Innately Bold
We’ve talked before here on Life in the City about behavioral shifts related to fear and boldness in urban animals (check out: Skirting Skinks: Are…
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Evolution 2019 Recap
Did you miss out on Evolution 2019 last week in Providence, Rhode Island? Were you overwhelmed with all of the urban talks at the…
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Evolution 2019: Do Anoles Adapt to Urbanization in Similar Ways? Maybe.
A major outstanding question in urban evolution (and evolutionary biology in general) is whether adaptation occurs in similar ways in different populations and across…
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Evolution 2019: Urban Lizard Morphology Changes After Hurricane Maria
Kevin Aviles-Rodriguez, a contributor here at LITC, studies urban adaptation and behavior of Anolis lizards. Previously, we told you all about Kevin’s research on escape…
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Evolution 2019: How Do Anoles Handle Artificial Light at Night?
In the second of four urban anole presentations at Evolution, Emmanuel D’Agostino does a great job summarizing new research by LITC contributor Chris Thawley. Chris’…
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Evolution 2019: Urban Lizards Have Wider and Longer Toepads
Anole lizards are adapting to urbanization. Anolis cristatellus in particular has rapidly and repeatedly evolved larger toepads with more lamellae (among many other trait shifts) in…
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Urban Evolution at Evolution!
Earlier this year we brought you coverage of urban evolution talks from SICB, and just last week we covered the International Urban Wildlife Conference.…
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IUWC 2019: Recap
Although I wasn’t able to attend the meeting, the International Urban Wildlife Conference looks like it was a great success and I have enjoyed…
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Call for Submissions: Evolution in Urban Environments
We invite contributions to a special feature on evolution in urban environments to be published in Evolutionary Applications in 2020. Instructions on how to be…
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Evolution 2019 – See you there?
The annual Evolution meeting co-sponsored by the Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, and American Society of Naturalists is coming…
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Bullies and Underdogs: Species Interactions in Urban Birds
An outstanding question in urban evolutionary biology is what factors influence a species’ success in urban environments. This is a topic we’ve talked about…
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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…
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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…
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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…