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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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Coyotes as Proxy for Urban Evolution
Urbanization has been ever increasing since the start of the industrial revolution and has shown no signs of slowing down. This has lead to…
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New Lit Alert: Urban-adapted Mammal Species Have More Known Pathogens
Urban-adapted mammal species have more known pathogens Gregory F. Albery, Colin J. Carlson, Lily E. Cohen, Evan A. Eskew, Rory Gibb, Sadie J. Ryan,…
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Parallel Evolution of Melanism in Urban Squirrels
Cities offer an unprecedented global experiment for parallel evolutionary change: they similarly differ in several dimensions including climate, land cover, and pollution. Yet few…
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Urban Observation of the Week: Golden Jackal
As we move from a city’s core to its outskirts, there seems to be a shift in the kinds of flora and fauna that…
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Urban Observation of the Week: Dumpster Diving Bear
As cities continue to encroach on natural landscapes, bear sightings have become more frequent. If you’ve ever been camping where there’s bears, you know…
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New Lit Alert: Urban Roosts: Use of Buildings by Florida Bonneted Bats
Urban Roosts: Use of Buildings by Florida Bonneted Bats Elysia N. Webb, Holly K. Ober, Elizabeth C. Braun de Torrez, Jeffery A. Gore, and Ricardo…
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Cities’ Shrinking Gene Pools
Full paper here: Schmidt, C., Domaratzki, M., Kinnunen, R. P., Bowman, J., & Garroway, C. J. (2020). Continent-wide effects of urbanization on bird and…
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Urban Adaptation in Mammals
Mammals are some of the most easily recognizable and endearing critters to share our cities with us. Who doesn’t love a cute bunny or…