{"product_id":"darwin-comes-to-town-9781250127846","title":"Darwin Comes to Town","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen, a book that will make you see yourself and the world around you in an entirely new way  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Carrion crows in the Japanese city of Sendai have learned to use passing traffic to crack nuts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Lizards in Puerto Rico are evolving feet that better grip surfaces like concrete.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Europe's urban blackbirds sing at a higher pitch than their rural cousins, to be heard over the din of traffic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow is this happening?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMenno Schilthuizen is one of a growing number of urban ecologists studying how our manmade environments are accelerating and changing the evolution of the animals and plants around us. In \u003ci\u003eDarwin Comes to Town\u003c\/i\u003e, he takes us around the world for an up-close look at just how stunningly flexible and swift-moving natural selection can be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith human populations growing, we're having an increasing impact on global ecosystems, and nowhere do these impacts overlap as much as they do in\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407257706839,"sku":"9781250127846","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/darwin-comes-to-town-9781250127846","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}