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The #UrbanWildlife Working Group (UWWG) is a working group of The Wildlife Society (TWS). International conferences are bi-annual. #IUWC2025

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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We have extended our deadline for abstract submission for #IUWC2027 to October 15th! We are accepting abstracts for oral presentations, posters, organized symposia, and workshops!
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
‼️Call for Abstracts‼️ Abstracts for oral presentations, posters, organized symposia and workshops for #IUWC2027 will be accepted through October 1, 2026. Learn more at our conference website: urbanwildlifegroup.org/iuwc2027 Submit your abstracts here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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2027 IUWC Abstract Submission
Please use this form to submit an abstract for an oral presentation or poster at the 2027 International Urban Wildlife Conference: Wildlife for All, held in Milwaukee, WI, June 6-9, 2027 and organized...
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
New conference logo just dropped 👀 Mark your calendars for June 6-9, 2027 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. More info coming soon, including a call for abstracts, symposia, and workshops! #IUWC2027
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
One week till our workshop on Trapping Wildlife in Uniquely Urban Spaces! See you there!
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The Urban Wildlife Working Group is excited to announce a FREE workshop on Trapping Wildlife in Uniquely Urban Spaces taking place on Zoom on March 23rd from 1-3 pm Eastern Time. See you there! 🦺 #UrbanEcology #FieldWork Register here: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
TONIGHT! We are hosting a joint social with the Wildlife Disease Working Group from 6-9pm at the CRAFT Beer Market (a short walk from the convention center). There will be a cash bar, and we will be providing some tasty snacks! See you there! #TWS2025 🍟🍻
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Reminder that this is happening today! See you there 💫
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Join us at this year’s TWS Conference #TWS2025 🐾 📅 UWWG meeting on Mon Oct 6, 12pm MT, Salon 10 (see our website for Zoom option: urbanwildlifegroup.org) 🧪Urban wildlife session to follow: 1:30-3:30pm Hall D 🍻Joint social w/ Wildlife Disease Working Group on Tue Oct 7, 6-9pm, @CRAFT Beer Market
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
🌆🐾 The International Urban Wildlife Conference kicks off this weekend in Atlanta! We’re bringing together researchers and practitioners to explore the ecology and evolution of cities. Stay tuned for updates, session highlights, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of #IUWC2025! 🌇🦝🧬🌳
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Ready to connect with urban ecologists and wildlife managers from around the world? The International Urban Wildlife Conference starts June 1st in Atlanta! 🦝🎡🌎 Workshops, field trips, plenaries & more: www.urban-wildlife.org/about #IUWC2025 #UrbanWildlife #UrbanEcology #UrbanEvolution
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IUWC 2025 — International Urban Wildlife Conference
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
New logo, just dropped! 👀 #UrbanWildlife #UrbanEcology #TWS
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Don't forget to register for #IUWC2025! Peep our updated conference website to learn more about the workshops, fieldtrips, and speaker line-up that await you in Atlanta 🎡 www.urban-wildlife.org/about #UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife
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About — International Urban Wildlife Conference
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We are excited to share that we have THREE incredible plenary speakers presenting at #IUWC2025 this year! They will give talks that fit with our theme of Urban Reflections: What We’ve Learned About Nature, Our Communities and Ourselves. Stay tuned as we announce our speakers over the next few days 👀
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Don't forget to check out our awesome workshops at #IUWC2025. You can sign up during registration and learn more here: www.urban-wildlife.org/workshops #UrbanWildlife #UrbanEcology
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Workshops — International Urban Wildlife Conference
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Reminder that this is happening TODAY from 1-3pm Eastern Time!
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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The UWWG values all of our members. We support DEI initiatives and will continue to support TWS DEI programs such as Out in the Field, Women of Wildlife, and the IDEA Working Group. We will foster an open and safe environment for all people at our events, including the upcoming IUWC in Atlanta.
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
This year at #IUWC2025 we have a ~new and improved~ Mentor and Mentee program. We pair early career folks with more experienced professionals to facilitate networking and communication at the conference. Visit www.urban-wildlife.org/mentormentee... for more information and to sign up!
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Mentor/Mentee Program — International Urban Wildlife Conference
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Registration is NOW OPEN for our 2025 conference! Register here by April 15th for a discounted rate: form.jotform.com/242624786774... #UrbanEcology #UrbanWildlife #IUWC2025
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The Urban Wildlife Working Group is excited to announce a FREE workshop on Wildlife Field Worker Safety in Urban Spaces taking place on Zoom on February 24th from 1-3 pm Eastern Time. See you there! 🦺 #UrbanEcology #FieldWork Register here: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Flyer for the Wildlife Field Worker Safety in Urban Spaces workshop detailing the date/time and Zoom link
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Tali Caspi @talicaspi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I'm so excited to share that my first dissertation chapter on SF coyotes is out in the #OpenAccess journal Ecosphere @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social. We DNA metabarcoded and genotyped hundreds of scats to explore dietary variation across the city 🧬💩 🧪 doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
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Impervious surface cover and number of restaurants shape diet variation in an urban carnivore
In the past decade, studies have demonstrated that urban and nonurban wildlife populations exhibit differences in foraging behavior and diet. However, little is known about how environmental heteroge....
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Earth.com @earthdotcom.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Coyotes live longer in densely populated human areas: Researchers tracking coyotes in Chicago discovered that densely populated human areas are linked to longer coyote lifespans. #UrbanCoyotes #WildlifeAdaptation #HumanWildlifeInteraction #UrbanEcology #CoyoteSurvival #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
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Coyotes live longer in densely populated human areas
Researchers tracking coyotes in Chicago discovered that densely populated human areas are linked to longer coyote lifespans.
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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
NEW PAPER: diet, but not blood parasite infection, influence microbiota diversity in house sparrows, suggesting local microbial adaptations to urban habitats. ➡️ vist.ly/3msntki #Ornithology #UrbanEcology #Microbiota #Birds #AvianMalaria @NordicOikos.bsky.social
House sparrow. Photo by Arnold Paul, Wikimedia CommonsFig. 2 from the article: Effect of sampling location (A), (B) and infection status (C), (D) on microbiome alpha diversity.
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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 17/01/2025
Science to read for your weekend: first up: Urban Coyotes are evolving to handle more human foods. #UrbanEcology 🧪 🐕 source.washu.edu/2025/01/coyo... academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
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Coyote genes may show urban evolution at work
A new study by Elizabeth Carlen, a postdoctoral fellow with the Living Earth Collaborative at WashU, outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, the highly adap...
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Wildlife Biology @wildlifebiology.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Ontogeny of foraging behaviour in an opportunistic gull inhabiting urban marine ecosystems wlb3.01406 #Gulls #Foraging #UrbanEcology
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Earth.com @earthdotcom.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Birds of prey in medieval Britain feasted on human scraps: New research reveals that medieval birds of prey, including red kites and buzzards, thrived on human leftovers rather than hunting live prey. #MedievalBirds #RedKites #Buzzards #HumanWaste #UrbanEcology #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
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Birds of prey in medieval times survived on human scraps rather than hunting
New research reveals that medieval birds of prey, including red kites and buzzards, thrived on human leftovers rather than hunting live prey.
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Ethan Doney @ethanddoney.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Are you interested in the social dimensions of human-wolf interactions? Come work with me at Oregon State University!
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Anna Thonis, PhD 🦎 @annainthefield.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
One of my favorite anoles, Anolis pulchellus, looking at its beautiful reflection in a car window.
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Bird Safe Campus Summit @bscsummit.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Do you want to share what your campus is doing to mitigate bird-window collisions? Submit your presentation proposal now! Visit birdsafecampus.org to fill out the application. Call for abstracts are open until February 3rd. Presentations will be 8 minutes long and will be recorded through Zoom.
February 26th 2025, 9:30am until 5:00pm EST Virtual. Call for abstracts and presentation proposals. Deadline February 3rd. Image: two Cedar Waxwings facing each other in the center of the post and the summit logo in the corner.Want to present at BSCS25? We are looking for presentations of all kinds, from any background. Please consider sharing your experiences on bird-window collision mitigation at a post-secondary institution. Presentations will be 8 minutes in length followed by a bried Q&A period. The presentation sessions will be recorded through Zoom. Please fill out our form by visiting birdsafecampus.org
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TWS Urban Wildlife Working Group @tws-uwwg.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
We have finally joined y'all here just in time to start getting everyone stoked for the International Urban Wildlife Conference in Atlanta this June #IUWC2025. Peep our conference website--we'll be announcing our plenary speakers, field trips, workshops, and more soon! 👀 www.urban-wildlife.org
Logo for the International Urban Wildlife Conference 2025 in Atlanta
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