Smoky Mountain Diversity
Season 5 Episode 2 | 26m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Learn about this state's park recently discovered new species.
Scientists and naturalists have long known that the Southern Appalachians hold an extreme diversity of fauna and flora. This diversity became even more astonishing recently when a new "inventory" of biodiversity, conducted in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, revealed thousands of species new to the Park and hundreds of species new to science.
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Exploring North Carolina is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
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Smoky Mountain Diversity
Season 5 Episode 2 | 26m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Scientists and naturalists have long known that the Southern Appalachians hold an extreme diversity of fauna and flora. This diversity became even more astonishing recently when a new "inventory" of biodiversity, conducted in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, revealed thousands of species new to the Park and hundreds of species new to science.
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