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A guide to biodiversity in Central Park: native vs. introduced species
Strolling through Central Park is a staple New York activity. You could spend a whole day exploring the 843 acres of land and enjoying…
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The Snake Next Door
Image: Common Vine Snake (Ahaetulla nasuta) — Raju Kasambe / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0
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From fields to sewers: how rats thrive in the city
Cities are not as empty at night as they seem. When humans go to sleep, another species becomes active. They move through walls, drains,…
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Human disgust is quietly driving urban evolution
When people think about urban evolution, their first thought tends to be how animals adapt to urban environments by dealing with pollution, traffic, noise,…
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The Fearless Pigeon: Master of Urban Adaptation
Everyone has experienced the lurking of pigeons close to them, waiting for the right opportunity for a crumb of your sandwich to fall to…
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From ancient city builders to city adapters
Around 100 million years ago, long before humans evolved, the first cities were built on earth [1]. Although these cities were not visible from…
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When roads split species: Are urban newts evolving apart?
In cities, nature rarely disappears completely, it simply gets rearranged. For the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus), urban landscapes form networks of breeding ponds…
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Urban corals are following in the footsteps of pigeons
When you think of animals that thrive in the city, the first thing that comes to mind might be pigeons and raccoons, but certainly…
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If not pet, why pet shaped?
Everyone is familiar with this image, either from popular media or maybe even from real life: you’re walking through a North American city at…
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Sponge in the City: a nature-based solution for PFAS pollution?
There is a high likelihood that you have recently used (or at least heard about), products containing PFAS. This chemical group, which is widely…
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Bats in Leiden: The night shift nobody talks about
Every evening, about half an hour after sunset, something happens above the canals of Leiden, a city in the Netherlands, that most people miss…
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An urban fairy-tale: saving butterflies from urbanization
Cities are expanding and the world has become increasingly urbanised in recent decades. Urbanization is a main driver of global biodiversity loss and insect…
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Our cat’s cousin has returned to the Netherlands!
Our cat’s cousin has returned to the Netherlands! The Netherlands, one of the smallest countries in Europe, is getting wilder! A few days ago,…
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Herding cats
Humans and domesticated cats (Felis catus) have lived alongside one another for a very long time and, consequently, humans have taken their cats all…
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Dealing with relatives and concrete: how to make the city a refuge for wild bees?
Wild bees are declining at alarming rates in rural environments, but cities have the potential to provide habitat for a surprisingly high diversity of…