Adaptation

Adaptation and competition – this revision bite from the BBC has information about adaptation, changing environments, competition and extinction.  Click on the links or the page numbers.

Adaptation: plants and animals – this webpage from Trinity College in Australia has loads of links to webpages on the adaptations of many plants and animals.

Endangered Animals – Extinction is Forever – this website from Utah’s Education Network has links to websites about animals that are now extinct.  This ThinkQuest website, Put Extinction on Paws, does the same.

Evolution – this revision bite from the BBC has information about evolution and extinction.

Plant adaptations – this webpage from the Missouri Botanical Gardens in America has information about how plants adapt to different environments.

Animal adaptations and survival – from Woodlands Junior School explains what is meant by adaptation and gives some examples.  Click on the links on the left to find out about specific animals.

Animal adaptions for winter survival – this short article from the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in the USA outlines how animals have adapted to survive wintry conditions.

Desert animal survival – This page from DesertUSA explains how animals in the desert cope with the heat and lack of water in the desert.

If you’re really interested in this topic you might want to read this article from the Independent newspaper.  It outlines how the extinction of plants and animals is a threat to mankind and looks at patterns of extinction throughout history.