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City creatures : animal encounters in the Chicago wilderness by Gavin Van Horn; Dave Aftandilian; Center for Humans & Nature is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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Read about Ten Years of City Creatures at the Center for Humans and NatureWe usually think of cities as the domain of humans—but we are just one of thousands of species that call the urban landscape home. Chicago residents knowingly move among familiar creatures like squirrels, pigeons, and dogs, but might be surprised to learn about all the leafhoppers and water bears, black-crowned night herons and bison, beavers and massasauga rattlesnakes that are living alongside them. City Creatures introduces readers to an astonishing diversity of urban wildlife with a unique and accessible mix of essays, poetry, paintings, and photographs.The contributors bring a story-based approach to this urban safari, taking readers on birding expeditions to the Magic Hedge at Montrose Harbor on the North Side, canoe trips down the South Fork of the Chicago River (better known as Bubbly Creek), and insect-collecting forays or restoration work days in the suburban forest preserves.The book is organized into six sections, each highlighting one type of place in which people might encounter animals in the city and suburbs. For example, schoolyard chickens and warrior wasps populate “Backyard Diversity,” liv

Who reads City creatures : animal encounters in the Chicago wilderness?

Author

Gavin Van Horn; Dave Aftandilian; Center for Humans & Nature

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226192895

Category

science

Subjects

Science, Biology, Stem

Rating

4.9 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14