With more than 55% of the world’s population now living in cities, the frantic pace of urban life is changing life on a genetic level. Through rapid evolution, we are seeing the formation of ...

If Charles Darwin lived today, he wouldn't have to voyage any further than the London underground to find evolution in action. In the subway tunnels mosquitos have not only adapted to life underground ...

Coyotes are increasingly common in urban areas throughout the United States. A new study outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, like this one photographed ...

If you’ve ever walked under a streetlight on a warm evening and noticed a large web stretched between poles or buildings, you’re not imagining things. In some cities, certain spiders are actually ...

New research has uncovered the ancient origins of an urban mosquito species, Culex pipiens form molestus, also known as the 'London Underground mosquito' – disproving a long-held theory of when it ...