Seth Magle
@sbmagle.bsky.social
Urban wildlife ecologist studying animals in cities around the world. I direct the Urban Wildlife Institute at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, and I founded the Urban Wildlife Information Network. All views my own.
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Seth Magle
@sbmagle.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hi I'm new here! My team and I study animals in the Chicago area using passive approaches like camera traps and acoustic monitors. We also coordinate a global network of ecologists doing the same-- www.urbanwildlifeinfo.org. I'll probably also talk about working for a small free zoo.
This crucially important and obviously visionary work makes me feel vindicated for having said the same thing last year, albeit with much less evidence, while being mercilessly mocked by the city and its residents. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Rodent indent not self-evident: a case of mistaken identity of the ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ | Biology Letters
The ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ is a remarkable full body impression ostensibly created by
a brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) crossing fresh concrete in Chicago’s Roscoe Village that became a viral sensation.
Whi...
royalsocietypublishing.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This crucially important and obviously visionary work makes me feel vindicated for having said the same thing last year, albeit with much less evidence, while being mercilessly mocked by the city and its residents. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Loved working on this paper!
Just out! our new paper calling for multicity research networks to tackle urgent #OneHealth challenges in our rapidly urbanizing world.
As cities 🏙️ grow, so do risks: Pollution; #Zoonotic 🦠spillover; Habitat loss
As cities 🏙️ grow, so do risks: Pollution; #Zoonotic 🦠spillover; Habitat loss
August 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Loved working on this paper!
Very excited about this recent publication, led by my amazing co-worker @mhmurray.bsky.social ! academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Health as an outcome and driver of human–wildlife interactions
Abstract. Human–wildlife interactions (HWIs) influence the health of humans and wildlife but a unifying framework is needed to understand the causes of HWI
academic.oup.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Very excited about this recent publication, led by my amazing co-worker @mhmurray.bsky.social ! academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Having a great time at #IUWC2025. Saw some amazing talks, and I got maybe the best compliment on my research I've ever received. I'm way too embarrassed to tell you what it was. Tomorrow I'll be co-leading an all-day symposium on UWIN! Can hardly wait!
June 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Having a great time at #IUWC2025. Saw some amazing talks, and I got maybe the best compliment on my research I've ever received. I'm way too embarrassed to tell you what it was. Tomorrow I'll be co-leading an all-day symposium on UWIN! Can hardly wait!
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New publication out this week in @stacksjournal.bsky.social where we looked at the relative roles local and long-distance colonization play on the distribution of striped skunks throughout the Chicago Metropolitan area! 🧪
www.stacksjournal.org/article/kase...
www.stacksjournal.org/article/kase...
Local and long-distance colonization influence the distribution of a species in a fragmented landscape - Stacks Journal
Peer-reviewed research - Local and long-distance colonization influence the distribution of a species in a fragmented landscape
www.stacksjournal.org
March 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New publication out this week in @stacksjournal.bsky.social where we looked at the relative roles local and long-distance colonization play on the distribution of striped skunks throughout the Chicago Metropolitan area! 🧪
www.stacksjournal.org/article/kase...
www.stacksjournal.org/article/kase...
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This is our first post on @bsky.app and we want to share that 🦊 We’ve joined the UWIN network! 🌎Happy that Kim Rivera and Mason Fidino are in Bariloche with us leading a workshop on camera trapping design and using GitHub 📷💻We’re excited to apply this knowledge to study urban wildlife Argentina! 🏙️🐾
February 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This is our first post on @bsky.app and we want to share that 🦊 We’ve joined the UWIN network! 🌎Happy that Kim Rivera and Mason Fidino are in Bariloche with us leading a workshop on camera trapping design and using GitHub 📷💻We’re excited to apply this knowledge to study urban wildlife Argentina! 🏙️🐾
Want to increase your scientific impact? Maybe try working with absolute rockstars? It works for me. @mhmurray.bsky.social
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Climate change partly to blame for growth in NYC's rat population, study says
As CBS News New York's Vanessa Murdock reports, the Big Apple isn't the only city struggling with this problem.
www.cbsnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Want to increase your scientific impact? Maybe try working with absolute rockstars? It works for me. @mhmurray.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/vide...
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Reposted by Seth Magle
Gave an interview about bird flu in Illinois--probably a good idea to keep your cats inside (actually that's always a good idea) and take down your bird feeders if you're near outbreaks. news.wttw.com/2024/12/30/i...
Illinois Officials Have Issued a Warning About Bird Flu. Here’s What to Know
While the flu poses minimal immediate risk to humans, experts warn that the virus’ rapid spread among birds and mammals could increase the likelihood of mutations, potentially creating a strain more t...
news.wttw.com
January 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Gave an interview about bird flu in Illinois--probably a good idea to keep your cats inside (actually that's always a good idea) and take down your bird feeders if you're near outbreaks. news.wttw.com/2024/12/30/i...
Hi I made a starter pack for scientists and conservationists based at zoos! Please share and let me know if you want in.
go.bsky.app/VFEo51C
go.bsky.app/VFEo51C
December 15, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Hi I made a starter pack for scientists and conservationists based at zoos! Please share and let me know if you want in.
go.bsky.app/VFEo51C
go.bsky.app/VFEo51C
Well it only took 14 years or so, but our team has finally detected river otters in the Chicago suburbs. A testament to the clean-up of Chicago's waterways, and to our stubborn determination to keep putting camera traps out forever. Hoping for bobcats next! www.lpzoo.org/otters-spott...
Otters Spotted on Zoo Wildlife Cameras for the First Time in Chicagoland | Lincoln Park Zoo
The zoo's Urban Wildlife Institute recently captured North American otter images on its wildlife cameras for the first time in 14 years of biodiversity monitoring. Otters are a keystone species whose ...
www.lpzoo.org
November 22, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Well it only took 14 years or so, but our team has finally detected river otters in the Chicago suburbs. A testament to the clean-up of Chicago's waterways, and to our stubborn determination to keep putting camera traps out forever. Hoping for bobcats next! www.lpzoo.org/otters-spott...
I made a starter pack for researchers with UWIN--the Urban Wildlife Information Network (www.urbanwildlifeinfo.org). Let me know if you want in!
go.bsky.app/Eei6Tbs
go.bsky.app/Eei6Tbs
November 19, 2024 at 4:59 PM
I made a starter pack for researchers with UWIN--the Urban Wildlife Information Network (www.urbanwildlifeinfo.org). Let me know if you want in!
go.bsky.app/Eei6Tbs
go.bsky.app/Eei6Tbs
Reposted by Seth Magle
We have a starter pack for scientists using camera traps! 📸 If you work with camera trap data in any way, either collecting data, running ecological models, training CV/ML models, let me know I’ll add you to this list 🎉 go.bsky.app/CbJkbVw
November 16, 2024 at 2:41 AM
We have a starter pack for scientists using camera traps! 📸 If you work with camera trap data in any way, either collecting data, running ecological models, training CV/ML models, let me know I’ll add you to this list 🎉 go.bsky.app/CbJkbVw
Hi I'm new here! My team and I study animals in the Chicago area using passive approaches like camera traps and acoustic monitors. We also coordinate a global network of ecologists doing the same-- www.urbanwildlifeinfo.org. I'll probably also talk about working for a small free zoo.
November 15, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Hi I'm new here! My team and I study animals in the Chicago area using passive approaches like camera traps and acoustic monitors. We also coordinate a global network of ecologists doing the same-- www.urbanwildlifeinfo.org. I'll probably also talk about working for a small free zoo.
Reposted by Seth Magle
go.bsky.app/29rs45P We have an Urban Ecology Starter Pack! 🌆
November 11, 2024 at 1:59 PM
go.bsky.app/29rs45P We have an Urban Ecology Starter Pack! 🌆