Author: Kristin Winchell
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2018 in Review
Thanks for following Life in the City in our first year. On this last day of 2018 we (the editors: Elizabeth, Kristin, Lindsay) figured…
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Urban Lizards on TV!
The Smithsonian Channel and Day’s Edge Productions have put together a fantastic mini-series and a full-length documentary on anole evolutionary research. Episode 7 of the miniseries and part…
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Urban Evolution at SICB
The annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) is almost here! From January 3-7 biologists will convene in Tampa, Florida…
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Urban Genes
Urbanization impacts species in many different ways, including behavior, morphology, and physiology. Although many of the documented phenotypic shifts show evidence of a genetic…
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Natural History of Urban Organisms
As the field of urban ecology and evolution advances, one major issue consistently jumps out at me: the lack of information on basic ecology…
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Urban Speciation
Above: Fig. 2 from Rivkin et al: many species have been shown to adapt to cities. Thompson et al. ask whether or not this could…
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Why Did the Squirrel Cross the Road?
In cities the number and types of predators drastically differ from nearby rural and “natural” areas. This often means that the biggest threat prey…
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Proc. B Special Issue: City Ants Adapt to Hotter Environment
In their recent contribution to the special issue on urban evolution in Proceedings B, Sarah Diamond and team share their exciting results on detecting…
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The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! From so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved – Charles…