Biologists go bats for storm-watch data

Weather data may reveal more about lives of airborne animals

WASHINGTON — The blips and blobs caused by flying animals may look like noise to storm-watchers studying Doppler radar data, but these signals could be a big hit with bat biologists.

GOING BATS Radar images show masses of bats moving across the landscape (color bar below shows movements over time), giving biologists a sense of where swarms are moving.