Secrets of Adaptation

byKatie Bagli

Our planet provides a wide range of natural habitats—whether they are hot, arid deserts, scrub forests, tropical rainforests, lagoons, rivers, creeks or high-altitude snow-capped mountains, the list is endless. And each of these homes is occupied by creatures that are specialised to live in them. Let’s enter some of these homes and habitats and learn the secrets of adaptation that they hold.

White-backed Vultures High-altitude SpecialistsThese are the yaks that inhabit the Tibetan plateau and the alpine regions of the Himalayas, at heights of 14,000 to 20,000ft. You may wonder how these enormous bovines manage to survive up there where the air is so thin. Here is the secret— they