Episode
Nature: American Spring LIVE: Connections
Overview
Learn how plants and animals depend on each other to survive. See first-hand how climate change can break those connections, altering the timing of weather and plant growth, and disrupting the delicate relationships between plants and pollinators such as moths, bees and butterflies.
Details
- Series
- Nature
- Season
- Season 37
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2019-05-01
- Runtime
- 53 min
Episode context
American Spring LIVE: Connections is Episode 15 in Season 37 of Nature. It aired on 2019-05-01. The runtime is 53 min.
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