Let your eyes wander to the areas of this map that deepen into red. They are the places in the lower 48 United States most likely to have plants and animals at high risk of global extinction.

The Nevada Division of Natural Heritage has partnered with nonprofit NatureServe to unveil the Nevada Map of Biodiversity ... state’s most vulnerable plant and animal species.

Keeping this in mind, here's what to know about the new map and how it was developed ... Winter weather is tough enough on plants - the wind, dryness and cold. Animals also struggle to survive ...

Rising temperatures are pushing plants and animals outside their current range. To keep pace with climate change, species will need a path to follow northward or up in elevation, minimally interrupted ...

A newly updated government map has many of the nation's gardeners rushing online, Googling what new plants they can grow ... "In the back of our mind, we're like, ah, that means things are warming ...