Brief overview of the black bear and accompanying photos demonstrate the physical adaptations that allow this animal to eat and survive in their habitat.

Brief overview of the bison and accompanying photos demonstrate the physical adaptations that allow this animal to survive in its habitat.

Brief overview of the vampire bat and an accompanying photo demonstrate the physical adaptations that allow this animal to eat to survive.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will understand how animal and plant adaptations help them to survive in their ecosystem. Web links will allow students to play games and learn more about adaptations.

This article, illustrated with many photographs, profiles the red kangarook, Australia's largest kangaroo from nearly 60 species.

In this lesson, students research endangered animal species that have 'beaten the odds' as they continue to survive longer than scientists had expected. Students will then write individual pages for class book about endangered species.