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Congratulations!!!
We are happy to share today some fantastic news about our LITC crew: LITC co-founder, Elizabeth Carlen, passed her dissertation defense today on urban…
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Infographic: The right temperature
Pineapples and Whales recently created an infographic about parallel evolution in urban anole populations! It’s based on this study in Nature Ecology & Evolution:…
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Urban Observation of the Week: Otters in Salisbury
Last week we brought you otters on astroturf. This week, otters popped up in a market in Salisbury. Do you have a photo or…
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Evolutionary Applications Special Issue: Evolution in Urban Environments
For the past 1.5 years, we (the editors of LITC) have been working to bring together new empirical urban evolution research as well as…
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New Year, Same Blog!
Happy New Year everyone! With 2020 behind us, let’s get ready for a fresh new year. Here’s a preview of what our blog has…
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Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays everyone! Tis the holiday season so we are taking time off to enjoy the holidays virtually with family and friends. We…
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Urban Copperheads Stay Local: Behavioral Ecology in an Urban and Rural Forest
Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Malle Carrasco-Harris at the International Urban Wildlife Conference (#IUWC2019). Carrasco-Harris has been studying the role…
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Happy Birthday, We’re 2!
Life in the City turns 2 years old today (ish)! In true 2020 fashion, we missed our own birthday, by a whole month! Thank…
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In light of recent events, particularly the murder of George Floyd, harassment of Christian Cooper, and unjust actions against protesters supporting the #BlackLivesMatter movement,…
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Urbanization has Varying Effects on the Population Structure of Six Bird Species in Singapore
Urban areas are known to be prone to habitat fragmentation. We’ve seen the intense urbanization in New York City lead to the rapid divergence…
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Urbanization and Zoonotic Disease
The Wuhan novel coronavirus is dominating the news, with reports of thousands infected and new cases reported worldwide every day. Are we at the…
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SICB 2020: Artificial Light at Night and Stress
Urban areas are easy to find during the night as they quite literally light up. Urban light pollution disrupts biological processes from gene expression…
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2019 in Review
Milestones and more In 2019 we hit a lot of milestones. We turned 1 year old. We were featured in several major news outlets,…
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November Comment Contest Winners!
In the month of November we asked to hear from you during our first annual November Comment Contest. Now that the month is over,…
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November Comment Contest!
For the month of November we’re doing something special… a comment contest! We want to liven up the conversations here on the blog, and…