Adapting to life in the city Michael Gross  Current Biology  Volume 28, Issue 11, Pages R635-R638 (June 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.043 Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

City life: A few animal species, including rodents and pigeons, have lived in cities throughout human history. (Photo: © Alfer van Rossum, with permission.) Current Biology 2018 28, R635-R638DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.043) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Green space: Mammals from squirrels to cougars have learned to navigate the geography of the urban realm and to fit in with its human residents. (Photo: Dun.can/Flickr by a CC BY 2.0 licence.) Current Biology 2018 28, R635-R638DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.043) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

In bloom: Bees and other pollinators find a wider variety of flowers in urban gardens than on agricultural lands, but they also have to cope with the habitat fragmentation and pollution. (Photo: Shawn Caza @ http://www.torontohoneys.com.) Current Biology 2018 28, R635-R638DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.043) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions