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Juggling a Junk Food Diet: Urban Birds Go on a Diet on Weekends Due to Less Availability of Junk Food
Have you ever found yourself wishing that the cafeteria was opened on weekends? Well apparently so have the birds! Read on to find out…
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Urban Dragons are Innately Bold
We’ve talked before here on Life in the City about behavioral shifts related to fear and boldness in urban animals (check out: Skirting Skinks: Are…
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Skirting Skinks: Are Lizards Learning to Live Among Humans?
You can’t live near humans if you’re afraid. Fleeing constantly can be very costly, so generally animals near humans tend to become accustomed to…
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IUWC 2019: Community Science
This session included three very different community science projects–from otters in Singapore to cats around the world! Otters! Philip Johns, of Yale-NUS College, studies…
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Concrete Escape: Increased Wariness of Anoles when Escaping from Cement Walls
This week we are cross-posting from Anole Annals. Check out the original post here. Fig. 1. Anoles perched on various manmade surfaces Lizards in…
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Bullies and Underdogs: Species Interactions in Urban Birds
An outstanding question in urban evolutionary biology is what factors influence a species’ success in urban environments. This is a topic we’ve talked about…
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No city for shy dog: Urban coyote are bold and explore more
Coyote have widely colonized every mayor city in the United States. A new study asks what behaviors urban coyotes exhibit and what this might…
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City Gulls of Spain
One thing I always wonder when I see birds flying around cities is “where are they nesting???” Fortunately, the Audubon Society has an answer…
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SICB 2019: Urban Gulls Alter FID and Flight Behaviors
Urbanization is a global form of habitat change that alters native habits and either excludes the animals that live there or forces them to…
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SICB 2019: Artificial Light at Night Has Various Effects on Wildlife
Have you ever stopped to look at the city lights at night? Have you ever wondered what impact these lights have on wildlife? Chris…
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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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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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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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Why Did the Squirrel Cross the Road?
In cities the number and types of predators drastically differ from nearby rural and “natural” areas. This often means that the biggest threat prey…
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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…