Invasive species don't stop evolving themselves. Consider the infamous brown rats of New York City, which have evolved longer noses and shorter upper molar t ...

With more than half the world now living in cities and urban land cover expected to increase by about 1.2 million square kilometers by 2030, built environments are altering ecosystems through habitat ...

Europe's towns and cities are particularly vulnerable to the threat posed by invasive species, say experts. They say urban areas are at higher risk from invasive alien species (IAS) as a result of ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Urban environments enhance the resilience of aquatic species to multiple stressors. Populations from urbanized areas, such as the Kiel Fjord, show greater ...

Generalist species are the opposite of specialists — animals adapted to specific conditions, thriving in a narrow range of usually-stable environmental conditions: the far northern tundra, one ...

The authors pointed out that they were not able to account for interactions between species. For example, a species may be expected to inhabit a particular urban area but if that species relies on a ...

Birds living in urban environments often become increasingly aggressive as a way of guarding scarce nesting areas (as anyone who has even been attacked by a male red-winged blackbird can attest).

Natural regeneration building urban forests, altering species composition. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2012 / 08 / 120822092201.htm ...

The grand finale of the BBC’s Planet Earth II showcased the ingenious strategies that some animals use to thrive in urban environments. Though impressive, these species are in the minority.

"Urban areas are quite vulnerable to these species. Often they are introduced, for example, through the trade in plants but also through accidental arrivals in ports and airports." City limits ...