Area of Focus: Urban Wildlife

December 2, 2025

Are raccoons domesticated? Not quite yet

Trash pandas may be going the way of the wolves

November 19, 2025

Road noise may give solace to squirrels

Researchers finds that gray squirrels may actually seek out busy highways

October 31, 2025

Life creeps in the haunted habitats of cemeteries

Cemeteries focused on conservation are providing animals with a new resource in urban areas

October 9, 2025

Fireflies are blinking out in Mexican cities

Oral histories help shed light on the decline of urban insects

September 11, 2025

Why are there no rats in Alberta?

A unique combination of regulatory foresight and wildlife management has helped the province achieve the nearly unthinkable

August 25, 2025

Microplastics from tires may not harm butterflies

Cabbage white and monarch caterpillars can survive with tire particles in their diets

August 4, 2025

Plovers on the edge

NYC Parks uses ‘dynamic management’ approach to support endangered birds and local community

July 28, 2025

Miami reptile community is getting more exotic

The abundance of nonnative species in Miami-Dade County is increasing rapidly

July 18, 2025

Backyard feeders are reshaping hummingbirds

Researchers link rapid range expansion and bill changes in Anna’s hummingbirds to decades of feeder use

June 30, 2025

Chicago rodents adapt to life in the city

Over more than a century, chipmunk and vole skulls have changed shape to fit an urban lifestyle