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SICB 2019: What Factors Influence How Ants Cope With High Urban Temperatures?
What consequences does the urban heat island effect have for animals that live in cities? How might increased heat interact with other environmental factors,…
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The Future of Darwin’s Finches with Intensifying Urbanization
Darwin’s finches in the Galapagos are the poster children of adaptive radiation. These birds have formed many species that differ in their beaks. The…
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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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City Trails of Urban Snails
Urban life is often described as a fast-paced and frantic thing. But one of my favourite study species, the urban snail, is the living…
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A Roadmap for Evolutionary Ecology, Evolutionary Applications Perspective Article
Last summer, a group of scientists researching different aspects of urban ecology and evolution got together at the University of Toronto Mississauga to discuss…
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People Watching: the study of urban wildlife is a two-way street
My eyes are instinctively drawn to a black, blue, and snow white flurry of movement. A reflex hammer to my naturalist’s knee. The subject…
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Proc. B Special Issue: Can Random Processes Drive Parallel Evolutionary Responses to Cities?
Continuing our coverage of the recent Proc. B Special Issue on urban evolution, James Santangelo (PhD candidate at University of Toronto Mississauga) tells us about his…
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Proc B. Special Issue: Urban Hubs of Connectivity: Contrasting Patterns of Gene Flow Within and Among Cities in the Western Black Widow Spider
In my recent contribution to the special issue on urban evolution in Proceedings B, my co-authors and I share our findings on contrasting patterns…
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Is Artificial Light Changing Pigeon Behavior?
I live in New York City, “city that never sleeps,” where you can get a manicure at 11pm, a haircut at 1am, and a…
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Wherefore and Whither the Non-urban Areas?
Posted by: Brian C. Verrelli, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA The esteemed evolutionary biologist Douglas J. Futuyma once famously wondered “Wherefore and whither the naturalist?”…
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Friendly Neighborhood Spiders
If you live in Europe or North America, chances are you have seen the species I have studied in my most recent paper at…
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It’s Lit in the City
Night life in the city can be much brighter and artificial lighting can be a significant source of new evolutionary directions for city dwellers. A…
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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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Special Feature in Proceedings B
Articles in the special feature used a diverse set of study organisms to explore the effects of urbanization on evolutionary patterns and processes. (a)…
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Is Anthropogenic Food Waste Driving the Evolution of Urban Animals?
If you spend a lot of time in cities you’re probably used to seeing animals feeding on garbage. From city-dwellers who intentionally place stale…