Desert Blooms and Marathon Moths - Plants are Cool, Too! - Episode 4

Giant hawk moths fly for miles each night in search of flower nectar -- and are thus critically important as pollinators of desert wildflowers. Dr. Chris Martine (Bucknell University) joins Krissa Skogen (Chicago Botanic Garden) in New Mexico's White Sands National Monument and finds plant romance happening by the light of the full moon.
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