Urban sprawl is expanding into habitats across the planet. Forests and fields are paved over, rivers channelled, wetlands drained. But animals don’t simply disappear because humans have decided the land belongs to us. Many species make their way into cities, finding food, shelter, and even new niches in the artificial environments we build. Hawks perch on telephone poles, raccoons raid bins, deer eat garden shrubs, snakes sun themselves on suburban paths.
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