# How animals and plants are evolving in cities

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxRoma
- Speaker: Menno Schilthuizen
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/menno_schilthuizen_how_animals_and_plants_are_evolving_in_cities)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In cities, evolution occurs constantly, as countless plants, animals and insects adapt to human-made habitats in spectacular ways. Evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen calls on peculiar beings such as fast food-loving mice and self-cooling snails to illustrate the ever-transforming wonders of urban wildlife -- and explains how you can observe this phenomenon in real-time, thanks to a global network of enthusiastic citizen scientists.

## Lectures

1. [How animals and plants are evolving in cities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/menno_schilthuizen_how_animals_and_plants_are_evolving_in_cities/fb18427820fc), 12 min (TED's player)