Green spaces help wildlife by giving animals places to find food, water, shelter, nesting sites, shade, and safer movement routes inside cities. A park, riverbank, garden, campus, cemetery, street tree corridor, wetland, vacant lot, or green roof can become part of an urban habitat network when it offers real ecological value instead of just open … Read more
Window strikes and birds are connected by one of the most ordinary things in human buildings: glass. A window may look clear, reflective, harmless, or decorative to us, but a bird can read that same surface as open sky, tree cover, or a safe flight path. The result is a collision that may injure or … Read more
Roadkill and wildlife are connected by a simple problem: roads often cut across the places animals need to move. A deer may cross to reach feeding areas. A turtle may leave a wetland to nest. A frog may move during a rainy breeding night. A hawk may land near a carcass. When those normal movements … Read more
Wildlife crossings are structures that help animals move across roads without stepping directly into traffic. They can look like planted bridges, wide underpasses, small tunnels, modified culverts, canopy ropes, or fenced guide systems that lead animals toward a safer route. The idea is simple, but the biology behind it is not: different animals move for … Read more
Noise pollution affects wildlife by making it harder for animals to communicate, find mates, detect predators, locate prey, move through habitat, and use areas that would otherwise be suitable. For many animals, sound is not background decoration. It is part of how they survive. A busy road, aircraft route, construction site, boat channel, or loud … Read more
Light pollution affects animals by changing the natural darkness they use to navigate, feed, rest, avoid predators, reproduce, and time seasonal behavior. Artificial light at night can pull migrating birds toward cities, draw insects into dangerous places, disrupt sea turtle hatchlings on beaches, change how bats and mammals use habitat, and alter the balance between … Read more
Animals that live in cities are not just strays, pests, or occasional visitors. Many are wild species that have learned to use streets, parks, rooftops, storm drains, gardens, bridges, and building ledges as part of their habitat. Some eat a wide range of foods. Some hide in small spaces. Some are active at night when … Read more
Urban wildlife is made up of wild animals that live in, move through, or regularly use cities and suburbs. Some of these animals are easy to notice, such as pigeons on sidewalks, squirrels in parks, raccoons near trash bins, or hawks perched on tall buildings. Others stay mostly hidden, including bats, foxes, coyotes, opossums, frogs, … Read more
