Grolar Bears Just the Start? Melting Arctic Ice May Lead to More Hybrid Marine Mammals

Photo by US Geological Survey via Flickr Creative Commons What happens when a continent-sized natural barrier between similar animal species suddenly disappears? In the case of disappearing arctic ice, the result is likely to be new hybrid species of marine animals, according to researchers published in the journal Nature . Grolar bears (part grizzly, part polar) are alrea… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Grolar Bears Just the Start? Melting Arctic Ice May Lead to More Hybrid Marine Mammals

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