Using Lincoln Park Zoo’s diverse scientific specialties, the Urban Wildlife Institute studies the interaction between urban development and the natural ecosystem to develop scientific standards for minimizing conflict between them. Landscape ecology, population biology, animal behavior, epidemiology, endocrinology, veterinary medicine, and other core disciplines contribute to an increased understanding of the urban ecosystem. The Urban Wildlife Institute aims to use Chicago as a model for urban areas struggling to deal with wildlife relocation, rehabilitation, disease, and conflicts. UWI also houses the Davee Program in Urban Disease Ecology. You can learn more about our work and our team of scientists at our Lincoln Park Zoo website: https://www.lpzoo.org/conservation-science/science-centers/urban-wildlife-institute/

See any Chicagoland Black-crowned Night Herons or other interesting urban wildlife? Tag us in your observations, we want to know! Part of our work at UWI focuses on studying the ecology of urban nesting Black-crowned Night Herons and we'd love your help in better understanding how these amazing birds use the Chicago urban landscape. You can read more about our night heron work here: https://www.lpzoo.org/science-project/black-crowned-night-heron-management-conservation/