The Wild Within the Walls

The Wild Within the Walls

Thirty-five percent of Rome is green space, and people may not realize that it teems with urban wildlife. For bioGraphic, Krista Langlois explores the wilder side of the ancient city: all the historical sites that now serve as natural oases, the “green corridors” that allow animals to get in and out its center, and the freshwater crabs that once thrived in its swampy underground and subterranean waterways. Langlois also writes about the voluntee…