Check out the latest @uwi_network paper led by @masonfidino which shows how the effects of gentrification in cities extends to wildlife!.

Mothman and chupacabra in Chicago? More like great blue heron and coyote. Check out this article we were interviewed for, honestly it was treat getting to chat about this!.

Okay #cameratrap people. What do we think this coyote is carrying around? This is one of our more rural sites outside of Chicago.

RT @UrbanZoochory: Ever felt like the global landcover maps were a bit lacking in urban areas? We used the OpenStreetMap database to make….

We've been placing 'ratcams' in alleys throughout #Chicago to get a look at rat abundance throughout the city, but rats are not the only species we see. Check out this opossum investigating our camera!

And what's a rat summit without an evening rat safari! @kaylee_byers snapped this photo of some NYC rats earlier this week.

RT @kaylee_byers: Spending 2 days talking with municipal and academic rat nerds at the inaugural National Urban Rat Summit in NYC has been….

Today our Assistant Director of One Health @maureenhmurray (far right of photo), is in New York for the first National Urban Rat Summit! Dr. Murray was invited to the summit to speak about her rat research in #Chicago.

RT @ms_woodchuck: What kind of trees do bats like in urban green spaces? That’s what we aim to find out! Some fun field work today at Humbo….

This paper is VERY important. We sampled raccoons, skunks, and opossum for rodenticide throughout #Chicago and detected it IN EVERY SINGLE ONE, even opossum joeys weaning on their mother! Check out this thread for more details.

The next season of Chicago Wildlife Watch is now live! Come help us comb through our July 2024 camera trapping season! #cameratrapping.

We are very excited to have Dr. Tiziana Gelmi Candusso (@UrbanZoochory) to join our team! We’ve been collaborating for years via @uwi_network and are looking forward to do some really great human-wildlife conflict work across multiple cities with her!.

RT @EmilyABlackwell: I defended my thesis on Friday! It was really amazing to get to share this moment with so many special people who have….

It's been confirmed that the family of owls in Lincoln Park that died this year was the result of rodenticide poisoning for all three owls. #Chicago .

RT @DrBlakeMorton: 🚨*Please Retweet*🚨We're looking for #applicants for a fully-funded #PhD on the #welfare impacts of #urbanisation on #wil….

RT @ms_woodchuck: This bat 🦇 acoustic recorder survived the tornado on Monday 💪@LPZ_UWI

RT @ms_woodchuck: @LPZ_UWI Thrilled to be a co-host of the 2024 Midwest Beaver Summit, held on Weds, August 28, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. CT.….

RT @ChicagoPiping: 🐣🐣🐣🥚. The day we have waited for, worked for has come! At this moment, 3 chicks have hatched and the parent plovers are….

We have been very fortunate to receive grants from the Walder Foundation in the past (if that helps with anyone considering to explore this possibility with us).

The 2025 Biota awards application for post-doctoral research has been posted! We'd love to explore this possibility with people wrapping up their PhDs to co-develop a project that interfaces with all the data coming out of @uwi_network. Please share! .