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In Cities, Wildlife Evolves Astonishingly Fast

Of all the adaptations you describe, the most extraordinary is surely the London Underground mosquito. Tell us how it evolved. Despite its name, the London Underground mosquito is not restricted to ... read more

Urban Darwinism: How Species Are Evolving to Survive in Cities

Schilthuizen also discusses some theories that challenge current conservation orthodoxy, noting, for example, that corridors that enable isolated wildlife populations ... side of very fast evolution ... read more

UW-Madison researcher receives grant from French government to study plankton

“But what we don’t know is how fast they can evolve and what ... washed out into the city’s water system and into the lakes, which then increases the overall salt-levels in the lakes. That salinity ... read more

Animals living in cities are adapting faster than humans in the evolutionary race for survival

We might think city-dwelling humans and wildlife are competing in a hopeless game of "survival ... "The process that causes the urban animals and plants to evolve, of course is the same process that ... read more

City Birds Are Changing Their Songs Because Of Urban Noise

It’s an extreme example of something that’s happening in every city: As cities get louder, wildlife are changing to adapt to the ... it’s possible that the two populations of birds might eventually ... read more

As Predators Rebound, You're More Likely to See Alligators at the Beach

(Related: “In Cities, Wildlife Evolves Astonishingly Fast”) So, coexistence is key, Silliman adds. He says that the way to achieve this is to look at communities where humans have successfully lived ... read more

The city is an ecosystem, pipes and all

But when ecologists at Boston University took core samples from trees around Eastern Massachusetts, they found a surprise: Boston street trees grow twice as fast as ... the future of cities. Living ... read more

Carl Zimmer on Evolution in the Big City

Steve: That's award-winning science writer, Carl Zimmer. He had an article in The New York Times in July about researchers studying evolution in the wildlife and other ... different bacteria that ... read more

Survival in the city

Ecologists often prefer to study plants and animals in exotic locations, but a growing number have turned their attention to the complex interactions of the wildlife that inhabit concrete jungles. ... read more

Future hospital site: Orlando Health to develop 570,000-square-foot complex near Medical City

Orlando Health has a huge new project on the way with plenty of potential for medical-related development close to fast-growing Lake Nona. The $3.8 billion nonprofit health care provider is seeking ... read more

What are the 10 key things that make a city smart?

Weather, wind direction and intensity, road surface temperatures and conditions, air quality, radiation, pollutants, foot traffic, vehicle traffic, wildlife ... that smart city devices collect. But ... read more

Inside New York’s Plan To Cover The City In Free, Super-Fast Wi-Fi

The pillars of technology, also known as Links, will not only have phone-call making capabilities, but will offer Internet browsing, phone charging, and emit super-fast Gigabit ... Currently–and ... read more