Fish poop fertilizes distant forests

Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 15:00 in Biology & Nature

Cosmic Log: The Amazon river's big fish poop seeds far from where they eat fruit, helping to maintain the genetic diversity of the tropical forest, according to new research that shines light on a little-studied mechanism of seed dispersal.

Read the whole article on MSNBC: Science

More from MSNBC: Science

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net