Evolution in Urban Areas

They even interview fljayman in this piece from New Scientist. This article serves as a great introduction to the study of evolutionary biology in the urban context. It talks about how animals are reacting and adapting to urban environments- including why we see so many dead squirrels on the road. The author of this article overlooked reporting on how urban plants are being affected.

Check out the part on the Florida Scrub Jays, especially. People that put out bird seed on a regular basis may be doing more harm in the long run to birds than they might realize. Read on...

...So maybe the solution to satisfy retirees and birds is to place food outside at random intervals and provide the preferred insect larval habitat in suburban neighborhoods of Florida. If you don't follow me right now, you didn't read the article yet.