Darwin Comes To Town: How The Urban Jungle Drives Evolution

"Urban spaces are an ecosystem all their own; life makes its way into the cracks between paving stones. In this fascinating book about urban evolution, biologist and ecologist Menno Schilthuizen gives us case studies of over a dozen animals and plants that are adapting quickly to a changing world, in ways that are alternately fascinating and tragic. This is an engaging, sobering read that offers plenty of food for thought and casts a new light on the weeds in your driveway, the bugs in your porch lights and the birds on your telephone wires."