Explaining how animals respond to an increasingly urbanised world is a major challenge for
evolutionary biologists. Urban environments often present animals with novel problems that …

Recent work in animal cognition has focused on how animals respond to new or changing
environments. Although many species are currently in decline, other species are thriving in …

Human–wildlife interactions, including human–wildlife conflict, are increasingly common as
expanding urbanization worldwide creates more opportunities for people to encounter …

Behavioral responses to novelty, including fear and subsequent avoidance of novel stimuli,
ie, neophobia, determine how animals interact with their environment. Neophobia aids in …

Highlights•Spatial examination and number of pecks reliably predicted exploration in
OFT.•Individual exploration performances were correlated in line with fast-slow …

Urbanization poses a major threat to biodiversity worldwide. We focused on birds as a well-
studied taxon of interest, in order to review literature on traits that influence responses to …

As an extension of the classic life history theory, the recently highlighted pace-of-life
syndrome hypothesis predicts the coevolution of behavioral, physiological and life-history …

A fundamental focus of current ecological and evolutionary research is to illuminate the
drivers of animals' success in coping with human‐induced rapid environmental change …

Highlights•Should one expect established urban birds to be show enhanced behavioral
flexibility?•Neophilia and learning are favored in complex and predictable …

Urbanization is the fastest form of landscape transformation on the planet, but researchers'
understanding of the relationships between urbanization and animal behaviour is still in its …