Скачать или смотреть The endangered butterflies that need fire to survive

Bartram’s scrub hairstreak are endangered butterflies about the size of a thumbnail. Their caterpillars eat just one plant, pineland croton. These plants and butterflies only exist in pine rockland forests in south Florida. There are dozens of endangered plants and animals in these forests that are adapted to, and depend on these frequent fires. Now these species only survive in places where land managers light prescribed fires.

Read more:
Dr. Erica Henry: https://ericahhenry.com/
https://www.biographic.com/butterflie...

Additional credits:
Watercolors: Kim Heise https://www.kimheise.com/
Photos: Hannah Hoag http://www.hannahhoag.net/
Chad Anderson   / pyroeco  
Fire footage: https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/manage...