- Media coverage of Urban Evolutionary Biology:
- Highlight posted by the University of Warsaw (in Polish)
- French podcast discussing urban evolution and our book project
- Medium blogpost discussing the effects of the urban environment on plant adaptation
- Michela Corsini’s paper on the effect of human presence on tit life-history trait variation in an urban environment (available here) was publicised by the Polish Press Agency (PAP).
- To mark their 5 years anniversary, National Science Centre Poland (NCN) has chosen to highlight the work of some researchers they are currently funding (all videos available here). A story on the Wild Urban Evolution & Ecology Lab is available below:
- 2 popular science pieces from The Guardian on:
- The importance of urban trees (and the wildlife it sustains!) as provider of ecosystem services – from lowering ambient temperature to positive effects for human mental health.
- Why learning birdsong allows urban dwellers to better tune into the natural environment.
- A great video by Baba Brinkman (he wrote the widely praised Rap Guide to Evolution) on the importance of urban space in preserving the environment. This video highlights how cities are an experimental ground where modern human societies shape a new, and growing, ecological niche. Further understanding of our impact on urban evolutionary and ecological systems – where we act both as agents but also as recipients – is therefore key.