Black bear cubs play on a rope swing set up in the backyard of an Asheville, North Carolina (USA) home. Located on the outskirts of town, near a historical wildlife corridor that connects multiple green spaces, I placed a camera trap to capture the numerous urban bears that frequent this property. Urban black bears in Asheville are becoming more bold and fearless of humans, resulting in a large influx of bears wandering residential neighborhoods. This image is part of an investigation of urban wildlife intelligence, and how urban bears might be changing compared to their rural cousins.
Cities Gone Wild
Cities Gone Wild is an exploration of three savvy animals: black bears, coyotes and raccoons. Each of these urban carnivores are uniquely equipped to survive and even thrive in the human built landscape at a time when urbanization is decimating habitat for less adapted wildlife. I tracked these three carnivores in cities across the United States, to reveal how they are using our infrastructure and resources to carve out a unique place in society that might help them survive an uncertain future. Published in the July, 2022 issue of National Geographic Magazine
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