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What’s Missing in Urban Ecology?
Urban ecology, although a burgeoning field, is becoming massive. In this field, there is much to think about when developing a question investigating the…
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Caught on Camera!
The Bronx High School of Science, a New York City high school located near Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx, hosts an unique rich…
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Novel Methods For Capturing American White Ibises In Urban Areas
Many urban wildlife biologists face unique challenges when trying to capture their study organisms. Traditional methods that are used in remote areas are often…
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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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Tools of the Trade: the Blood Glucose Monitor
One way that animals may adapt to urban environments is by expanding their diet to include anthropogenic food, as discussed in the earlier post…
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Tools of the Trade: the Net Gun
Collecting samples in urban environments can present some challenges (as Matt Combs describes in “The Good, The Bad, and The Smelly” and Jane Remfert…
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iNaturalist: Track Life in the City Near You!
Many people don’t think about cities as great places to observe wildlife, and most people have no idea what plants and animals live in…