,” is a partnership between the university and the Memorial Park Conservancy. It feeds into a larger study led by the Urban Wildlife Information Network at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo.
“This is one of the first efforts in Houston to figure out systematically and quantitatively which wildlife species are living here with us,” Cheek said. “It makes people aware about wildlife in general,” he said. “How can we help these communities thrive?”Students can learn to battle health inequity in new University of Houston program
“Some animals do very well in cities, because when they move into our human-created habitat, they’re potentially protected from predators,” Cheek said.