Five winter-wet coasts worldwide

Mediterranean Scrub

Five Mediterranean climates, one playbook: drought-built shrubs, fire-loving plants, ridiculous biodiversity.

Species

20,000

Plant species

25,000

Endangered

24%

Pressure

Considered one of the 5 most threatened biomes globally

Surprise of the day

Mediterranean tortoises survive scorching summers by aestivating — a hot-weather hibernation underground.

Who eats who

Apex predators on top. Energy flows down.

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