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Seth Magle

@sbmagle.bsky.social
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Urban wildlife ecologist studying animals in cities around the world. I direct the Urban Wildlife Institute at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, and I founded the Urban Wildlife Information Network. All views my own.

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Seth Magle @sbmagle.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
This crucially important and obviously visionary work makes me feel vindicated for having said the same thing last year, albeit with much less evidence, while being mercilessly mocked by the city and its residents. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Rodent indent not self-evident: a case of mistaken identity of the ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ | Biology Letters
The ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ is a remarkable full body impression ostensibly created by a brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) crossing fresh concrete in Chicago’s Roscoe Village that became a viral sensation. Whi...
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Seth Magle @sbmagle.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Loved working on this paper!
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Seth Magle @sbmagle.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Very excited about this recent publication, led by my amazing co-worker @mhmurray.bsky.social ! academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
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Health as an outcome and driver of human–wildlife interactions
Abstract. Human–wildlife interactions (HWIs) influence the health of humans and wildlife but a unifying framework is needed to understand the causes of HWI
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Seth Magle @sbmagle.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Having a great time at #IUWC2025. Saw some amazing talks, and I got maybe the best compliment on my research I've ever received. I'm way too embarrassed to tell you what it was. Tomorrow I'll be co-leading an all-day symposium on UWIN! Can hardly wait!
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Mason Fidino, PhD @masonfidino.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
New publication out this week in @stacksjournal.bsky.social where we looked at the relative roles local and long-distance colonization play on the distribution of striped skunks throughout the Chicago Metropolitan area! 🧪 www.stacksjournal.org/article/kase...
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Local and long-distance colonization influence the distribution of a species in a fragmented landscape - Stacks Journal
Peer-reviewed research - Local and long-distance colonization influence the distribution of a species in a fragmented landscape
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grinbic.bsky.social @grinbic.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
This is our first post on @bsky.app and we want to share that 🦊 We’ve joined the UWIN network! 🌎Happy that Kim Rivera and Mason Fidino are in Bariloche with us leading a workshop on camera trapping design and using GitHub 📷💻We’re excited to apply this knowledge to study urban wildlife Argentina! 🏙️🐾
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Seth Magle @sbmagle.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Want to increase your scientific impact? Maybe try working with absolute rockstars? It works for me. @mhmurray.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/newyork/vide...
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Climate change partly to blame for growth in NYC's rat population, study says
As CBS News New York's Vanessa Murdock reports, the Big Apple isn't the only city struggling with this problem.
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Mason Fidino, PhD @masonfidino.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Yesterday a coyote went into a grocery store in Chicago. news.wttw.com/2025/01/13/c...
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Coyote Captured Looking for Love in Chicago Aldi’s Refrigerator Aisle
On Monday morning, Chicago Animal Care and Control responded to a report of a coyote at the Humboldt Park Aldi store.
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Seth Magle @sbmagle.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Gave an interview about bird flu in Illinois--probably a good idea to keep your cats inside (actually that's always a good idea) and take down your bird feeders if you're near outbreaks. news.wttw.com/2024/12/30/i...
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Illinois Officials Have Issued a Warning About Bird Flu. Here’s What to Know
While the flu poses minimal immediate risk to humans, experts warn that the virus’ rapid spread among birds and mammals could increase the likelihood of mutations, potentially creating a strain more t...
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Seth Magle @sbmagle.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Hi I made a starter pack for scientists and conservationists based at zoos! Please share and let me know if you want in. go.bsky.app/VFEo51C
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Seth Magle @sbmagle.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Well it only took 14 years or so, but our team has finally detected river otters in the Chicago suburbs. A testament to the clean-up of Chicago's waterways, and to our stubborn determination to keep putting camera traps out forever. Hoping for bobcats next! www.lpzoo.org/otters-spott...
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Otters Spotted on Zoo Wildlife Cameras for the First Time in Chicagoland | Lincoln Park Zoo
The zoo's Urban Wildlife Institute recently captured North American otter images on its wildlife cameras for the first time in 14 years of biodiversity monitoring. Otters are a keystone species whose ...
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Seth Magle @sbmagle.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I made a starter pack for researchers with UWIN--the Urban Wildlife Information Network (www.urbanwildlifeinfo.org). Let me know if you want in! go.bsky.app/Eei6Tbs
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Tiziana A. Gelmi Candusso @urbanzoochory.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
We have a starter pack for scientists using camera traps! 📸 If you work with camera trap data in any way, either collecting data, running ecological models, training CV/ML models, let me know I’ll add you to this list 🎉 go.bsky.app/CbJkbVw
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Seth Magle @sbmagle.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hi I'm new here! My team and I study animals in the Chicago area using passive approaches like camera traps and acoustic monitors. We also coordinate a global network of ecologists doing the same-- www.urbanwildlifeinfo.org. I'll probably also talk about working for a small free zoo.
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Tharusha Wijewardena 🐢 @turtleecology.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
go.bsky.app/29rs45P We have an Urban Ecology Starter Pack! 🌆
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