The Urban Wildlife Information Network (UWIN) is a collaborative group of diverse researchers housed in institutions across the globe working together to understand urban wildlife.

Founded in 2017, UWIN encourages collaboration across disciplinary divides, and works to apply research findings to the conservation, urban planning, design, and management fields. Partners of the network are experts in disease, landscape, and wildlife ecology, habitat management, education, and more.

Our wildlife monitoring protocols were first created at Lincoln Park Zoo’s Urban Wildlife Institute to understand the ecology and behavior of urban species. By continuing to develop and grow these methodologies with experts in UWIN, we can compare data throughout the network to understand differences and patterns in animal ecology and behavior. UWIN uses this information to provide city planners, wildlife managers, and researchers with the tools needed to make cities part of the solution to the biodiversity crisis.

UWIN SUMMIT, November 3–6, 2019, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois

Learn more with our UWIN Summit Program