With more resources and fewer predators, urban animals often have an easier life than their rural counterparts. In Feral Cities: Adventures With Animals in the Urban Jungle, released this month by Chicago Review Press, author Tristan Donovan finds that just like shifting from rural to urban living changed humans, city living is changing animals in sometimes surprising ways. They get biggerFor some animals, urban areas are all-you-can-eat buffets. They change their schedulesSome city animals will change their daily schedules to exploit urban resources or avoid conflict with humans. Chicago’s coyotes have an annual survival rate twice that of rural coyotes living outside of protected areas.