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Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Apr 28, 2022

What is an urban habitat?

You may see crows and ladybirds. Plants and wildlife are all around us. Parks are also part of urban habitats, where there are trees, bushes and other plants. Today, we're exploring an urban ...
azcentral.com on MSN.com · Sep 22, 2024

Arizona is a step closer to its 1st urban national wildlife refuge. Here's what's next

Southern Arizonans are teaming up with the federal government to make part of the Santa Cruz River as the state's first urban national wildlife refuge.
Icon for www.the-scientist.comThe Scientist · Feb 12, 2024

Human Gut Bacteria Show Up in Urban Wildlife

The gut microbiomes of city-dwelling animals, including coyotes, lizards, and birds, show similarities to those found in humans who also live in urban environments. It’s long been known that the gut microbiomes of wildlife in urban areas differ from ...
Icon for badgerherald.comBadger Herald · Mar 5, 2024

Urban wilderness: Local environmental efforts seek to harmonize human-wildlife relationship

But there’s more to the story of wildlife in Madison’s urban environment. The Lakeshore Path acts as a small wildlife refuge within the city landscape, and in the spring, it is vibrant with life. One can find kingfishers diving for food in the water ...
Icon for www.nhm.ac.ukNatural History Museum%2c London · Jul 22, 2023

Wildlife Photographer of the Year: finding urban wildlife

Eve noticed this pattern and took out her camera to start shooting. She says, 'The effect was so unusual – it gave a beautiful setting for an urban wildlife image.' Sam's photo of two tiny mice fighting over food scraps on the London Underground went ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · May 8, 2020

Urban wildlife to spot during lockdown

As lockdown continues, reports keep coming in of wildlife travelling further into urbanised areas than they would normally. But even if herds of elephants don’t show up in your cul-de-sac ...
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Mar 23, 2025

Urban Wildlife Fiesta celebrated at ABQ BioPark Zoo

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The wildlife in Albuquerque was center stage for the ABQ BioPark’s Urban Wildlife Fiesta earlier on Saturday. The gathering celebrated the amazing wildlife we share ...
Icon for www.thestar.com.myThe Star · 21d

Saving Wildlife in urban jungles

As a country famous for its dewy green rainforests teeming with wildlife, has Malaysia been deviating from its premise of biodiversity conservation in favour of urbanisation? In the past decade or ...
FOX 13 Tampa Bay on MSN.com · 8d

UF researchers: How urban green spaces can be designed to benefit humans, wildlife

University of Florida researchers studied how urban green spaces can be designed in a way to benefit both humans and wildlife.