How Cities Reshape the Evolutionary Path of Urban Wildlife - WIRED

How Cities Reshape the Evolutionary Path of Urban Wildlife  WIRED

If researchers can figure out how pigeons and rats evolve to thrive in hostile city habitats, it could help other beasts—including us—adapt to climate change.



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