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Have you ever wondered how decisions about urban trees are made? We all enjoy having trees in our cities – read on to learn more about how trees are planted to be the most successful they can be!
Read moreEuropean garden spiders build smaller, fuller webs in cities where there are fewer, smaller insects to eat.
Read moreExperiencing nature has been linked to many mental health benefits, and now we know it can even lighten the mood on Twitter. Researchers have found that visits to urban greenspaces result in happier, less negative, and less self-absorbed tweets.
Read moreUrban trees may — in some contexts — make residential greenhouse emissions worse.
Read moreHumans bring light to even the darkest of places, but how does this affect the creatures we share the night with? In our quest to illuminate our world, we are altering the fate of insects for generations to come by contributing to their decline and pressuring them to adapt to an environment that has artificial light at night.
Read moreResearchers demonstrate a machine learning approach using the nighttime glow of urban areas to streamline satellite-based mapping the worldwide extent cities.
Read moreCity habitats are often much warmer due to lower forest cover and an increased density of manmade surfaces which retain heat. Increased temperatures can greatly affect animals that develop as male or female depending on the incubation temperature of the eggs. Read on to find out how mothers of eastern water dragons deal with living in the warm cities of Australia.
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