Urban wildlife

Many ostensibly rural creatures are thriving in our towns and cities, while adapting to surviveLast week,researchers revealed that bumblebees fare better in urban rather than agricultural environments. City colonies produced more males and reached a larger size, had more food stores and survived longer. They concluded that urban environments provide longer-lived, more varied flowers than intensively farmed agricultural areas.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Wildlife Zoology Biology Science Environment Cities Source Type: news