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Herding cats
Humans and domesticated cats (Felis catus) have lived alongside one another for a very long time and, consequently, humans have taken their cats all over the world (Cecchetti et al., 2020; Pirie et al., 2022; Wijburg et al., 2022). Nowadays,…
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Dealing with relatives and concrete: how to make the city a refuge for wild bees?
Wild bees are declining at alarming rates in rural environments, but cities have the potential to provide habitat for a surprisingly high diversity of these pollinators (Sirohi et al., 2025). At the same time, urban beekeeping is gaining ground as…
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Urban beekeeping poses a threat on wild bee species
Urban areas as a refuge Cities provide a diverse set of habitats that have the possibility to house many wild bee species [1]. Urban green spaces such as gardens, parks and yards provide nesting and foraging resources for many bee…
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Urbanization and the re-shaping of fish.
Around the globe we see an increase of populations living in cities, making urban environments the fastest growing ecosystem on the planet. Urbanization is a global phenomenon that has been increasing at an accelerating rate, altering both terrestrial and aquatic…
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Death and Opportunity: The Hidden World Behind (Urban) Road Systems
Spotting roadkill while driving evokes sadness for many people. Imagine how intimidating our roads must feel for most animals: long concrete lines with strange metal boxes five times your size, moving faster than anything you have ever seen and producing…
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Beyond the Shade: The Growing Disadvantages of the London Plane
When I was younger, I remember thinking to myself: “This tree is losing its skin, is it dying?” I believe I can’t be the only child that thought this when first looking at a London plane. Little did I (and…
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How do we make birds feel more at home?
Cover photo: Birds on a lantern post (Source: Business Insider) Taking a walk through the busy streets of the city, life appears to all around us. Bikers briskly pass you by, drivers honk loudly and hundreds of people walk around…
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A concrete hunting ground: a new environment for raptors
Within cities, the number of trophic levels present in the community can change when animals migrate there. Smaller predators can end up at the top of the trophic chain or a different species, like the domestic cat, becomes the apex…
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