Cities across the globe are driving systemic change in social and ecological systems by
accelerating the rates of interactions and intensifying the links between human activities and …

Invertebrates comprise the most diversified animal group on Earth. Due to their long
evolutionary history and small size, invertebrates occupy a remarkable range of ecological …

Cities are both embedded within and ecologically linked to their surrounding landscapes.
Although urbanization poses a substantial threat to biodiversity, cities also support many …

Urban ecosystems are rapidly expanding throughout the world, but how urban growth affects
the evolutionary ecology of species living in urban areas remains largely unknown. Urban …

Urban areas can drive rapid evolution of species and are hotspots for entry and
establishment of invasive species, but it is unclear how urban evolution is impacting the …

Phenotypic plasticity enables a single genotype to produce multiple phenotypes in response
to environmental variation. Plasticity may play a critical role in the colonization of novel …

Prevalence of impervious surface and resulting higher temperatures in urban areas, known
as urban heat islands, comprises prominent characteristics in global cities. However, it is not …

Identifying the molecular mechanisms involved in rapid adaptation to novel environments
and determining their predictability are central questions in evolutionary biology and …

While it is generally known that the risk of several cancers in humans is higher in urban
areas compared with rural areas, cancer is often deemed a problem of human societies with …

Abstract Over several decades, Western Europe experienced an outbreak of sylvatic rabies,
eliminated through an EU programme involving large‐scale red fox vaccination campaigns …