Hurricanes Blow Away Bats, Spread Genes to New Islands
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 17:28
in Biology & Nature
Though usually harmful, hurricanes also strengthen bat populations by literally picking up the animals and redistributing them in other islands, a Caribbean study shows.
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