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Behavioral Convergence in Urban Wildlife
Urbanization leads to similar, anthropogenic-induced conditions in cities across the world. Even though cities are located in distinct biomes with variable climates and unique…
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Clever City Crows: How Corvids Conquered the City
What is the most intelligent animal you can think of? Species that likely come to mind are perhaps apes, cetaceans, or elephants. However, in…
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From Threat to Shelter: How Birds Repurpose Anti-Bird Spikes
Cities are becoming more and more grey, with less and less living biomass. The consequence is that there is not enough natural nesting material…
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Spotlight on foraging behaviour of nocturnal rodents
What wakes you up in the morning? Is it your alarm clock? Is it the clattering of your housemate in the kitchen? Is it…
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Artificial light at night may make African mouse species vulnerable
When thinking about a city at night, chances are that you include some twinkling streetlights in your mental image. Billboards, streetlamps, and neon signs…
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They Know Who You Are: How City Animals Recognize People
In the heart of the city, dominated by human-made material, animals face more than cars and concrete—they face humans. And to survive, some of…
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Gulls are taking over our European cities
Coastal cities in Europe are swarmed with gulls, to the annoyance of many of those cities’ inhabitants. Gulls (Larus spp.) are naturally cliff-nesting species,…
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From Twigs to Trash: The Surprising Evolution of Bird Nests
Did you know that it has been estimated that the anthropogenic mass, representing all human-made objects, would exceed the living biomass in 2020 ±…
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How Gull-ible can we be around urban Larus?
The weather on the northern hemisphere is getting warmer which means beach days are approaching. Every beach dweller can confirm that seagulls (Larus sp.)…
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(Sub) Urban Observations: Greylag geese nesting in trees & nest hijack by a leucistic duck?
Knotted willows characterise many Dutch landscapes, where they are often seen in a row along creeks that have existed for decades. These willows are…
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Domestic cats in Urban Environments: Should an Invasive Apex Predator be allowed to stay on the hunt?
Domestic Cats (Felis silvestris catus; Felis catus) are a human commensal, said to have started their relationship with us during the era of the first…
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If they can’t hear you, make them smell you…
At the heart of the Amazon rainforest, near the confluence of the Rio Negro and Amazone, lies the metropole Manaus. Nicknamed the Paris of…
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The many consequences of urbanization on an endemic Cuban lizard
As urbanization continues to reshape landscapes, its effects on wildlife have become a subject of growing concern. In the unique context of Cuba, a…
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Behavioral Differences Among Individuals of Rural and Urban Shrews
In response to human impact on the environment—from increased light, sound, air, and water pollution, to higher levels of interaction with humans—organisms must adapt…
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Vintage nests: Birds turning trash into treasures
Sadly, plastics and litter have become part of the urban and often rural environment. It can be found almost everywhere and in any form…