In our five-day unit plan, students will discover more about what makes an animal able to survive in cold climates.

Animals adapt to survive. Learn how animal adaptations help organisms. How an animal looks or behaves reflects where it lives. It has to adapt to survive in its environment and passes those ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Given the changes in our climate and the ...

What do crayfish and the metal mercury tell us about clean water? What do animal adaptations tell us about their environment. Meet a scientist who studies crayfish and hopes they will show him how ...

Mammals are accomplished opportunists. When wild mammals encounter humans, they are very good at taking what they can get, even if it means accepting novel foods, living in cities, or acting like ...