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International Urban Wildlife Conference 2019 – See you there?
The 2019 International Urban Wildlife Conference will take place in Portland, Oregon from June 2nd-5th. This meeting is a great chance to connect with other scientists studying urban evolution and hear about the wide range of research that is being…
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Proc. B Special Issue: Invasive Grass in Urban Areas
This post is part of our series covering the large number of urban evolution manuscripts that were published in August 2018 in the special issue “The Evolution of City Life” in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Urbanization…
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Call for Submissions: Evolution in Urban Environments
We invite contributions to a special feature on evolution in urban environments to be published in Evolutionary Applications in 2020. Instructions on how to be considered for this special feature are provided below. Urban areas are among the fastest growing ecosystems…
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Even Low Intensity Urbanization Can Influence Evolution
A recent article published in Conservation Genetics by Gizelle Hurtado and Karen Mabry found that even low levels of urbanization can influence genetic structure of Merriam’s kangaroo rat. Researchers collected the kangaroo rats from Las Cruces, NM in 5 urban…
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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 the city are everywhere! Often you see them on buildings, statues, benches and other objects (Fig…
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Evolution in Urban Environments Talk
For those of you who follow us and live in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), I’m giving a talk at the Riverwood Conservancy this Saturday, April 20th at 9:30 am. You can register for the event here. I will be…
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Evolution 2019 – See you there?
The annual Evolution meeting co-sponsored by the Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, and American Society of Naturalists is coming soon to Providence, Rhode Island this June 21-25th! This meeting usually has a strong representation of…
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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 before (check out Urban Adaptation in Mammals) and several other recent papers have tackled this topic.…
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