Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution

Pigeons, squirrels, beetles, dandelions—at first glance, the city flora and fauna look pretty boring. But to make nature play with new colors, you don’t have to go to a zoo or turn on the TV. You just need to know where to look and what to be surprised by. In this book, Dutch evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen has gathered the most astonishing examples of how even the most ordinary animals and plants change just by living in the city.