Here are some books that you may find useful during your studies. Search the Bennies catalogue Accessit for more, or browse the Non-fiction collection NFS..
Wild Habitats
by
Here are 10 amazing Australian animal adaptions:
An adaptation is any heritable trait that helps an organism, such as a plant or animal, survive and reproduce in its environment.
Australia is renowned for its unique and diverse ecosystems. Our vast continent boasts a stunning array of plants and animals, many of which have evolved remarkable adaptations to thrive in its harsh and challenging environments.
Australia's recent bushfires have devastated native wildlife populations. But Dr Christine Cooper explains how our native species have evolved special physical features and behaviours to cope with hostile environments.
Watch the video to learn how plants and animals adapt to survive.
Learn about the duck-billed platypus, one of the few egg-laying mammals.
Phil Breslin draws on the knowledge of science, First Nations peoples and his own experience in the wild, to find out how animals have adapted to some of the world's most extreme and diverse, natural habitats.
Whenever you might travel to or from Australia, you get a sense that we’re a long way from almost everywhere else on Earth. And it’s been that way for a very long time. This geographical isolation has meant that most of our animals have evolved separately from animals in many other parts of the world.
The result is a number of unique animal groups with some very curious ways of surviving in in the Australian environment.
