# California builds a ‘Noah’s Ark’ to protect wildlife from extinction by fire and heat

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/california-builds-a-noahs-ark-to-protect-wildlife-from-extinction-by-fire-and-heat/
- Published: 2021-08-29T10:15:25-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain. Article by Louis Sahagún. Phys.org – August 27, 2021. It was just before sunrise in July when the botanists Naomi Fraga and Maria Jesus threw on backpacks and crunched their way across a brittle alkaline flat in the hottest corner of the Mojave Desert. Their mission: to rescue a tiny plant teetering on the brink of extinction. […] Click here to view original web page at phys.org