What does it mean to truly share a city with wildlife?

Seth Magle, Executive Director of the Urban Wildlife Information Network and Senior Director of the Urban Wildlife Institute at Lincoln Park Zoo, joins Jillian Roder, host of That Tracks, a Lincoln Park Zoo podcast, to discuss why understanding urban wildlife matters.

In this episode, Seth covers everything from what urban wildlife ecologists actually do to how researchers gather and interpret data in cities. He shares surprising wildlife findings, and explains why coyotes have made Chicago home. The conversation spans urban wildlife stories from around the world, the Chicago Wildlife Coexistence Plan, biodiversity, rat research, black-crowned night herons, and the future of urban ecology, including how you can live more wildlife-friendly in your own neighborhood.

Watch the full episode below.