Brandywine Zoo

Here at The Brandywine Zoo, we are investigating the prevalence of terrestrial mammals found in urban to rural ecosystems across Northern Delaware and Southeastern Pennsylvania with project ' Urban Wild '.

Data collected will allow us to better understand species diversity in urban environments, how animals shift their behavior patterns in regard to levels of urbanization, and how this impacts spatial ecology. In understanding what species are most typical, and atypical, by grade of urbanization, as well as when they are most active, we hope to inform conservation and land use decisions, maximize positive human-wildlife interactions while limiting conflicts, and better connect communities in general to the wildlife living right in their backyards.