Habitat Profiles
Explore the following links to learn about a variety of animal and wildlife habitats including grasslands, deserts, tundra, woodlands, mountains, ponds, streams, marshlands, coastal wetlands, shores, oceans, and more.
Animals and Their Environment
A first step to understanding individual animals, and in turn populations of animals, is to understand the relationship they have with their environment.
A first step to understanding individual animals, and in turn populations of animals, is to understand the relationship they have with their environment.
Communities and Ecosystems
The natural world is characterized by many complex interactions and relationships between animals, plants, and their environment. Individual organisms are all part of a larger picture. They belong, in turn, to populations, species, communities, ecosystems.
The natural world is characterized by many complex interactions and relationships between animals, plants, and their environment. Individual organisms are all part of a larger picture. They belong, in turn, to populations, species, communities, ecosystems.
What is a Niche?
The term niche is used to describe the role an organism or population plays within its community or ecosystem. It encompasses all relationships that the organism (or population) has with its environment and with other organisms and populations in its environment.
The term niche is used to describe the role an organism or population plays within its community or ecosystem. It encompasses all relationships that the organism (or population) has with its environment and with other organisms and populations in its environment.