The Earth has, like animals, evolved through the eons changing its bioms several times to adapt to different situations. Through iceages, continental drifts, climate variations animals have mangaged to adapt to their ever changeing habitats each species carving out its own unique niche. What is a niche you ask? A niche is the particular area of a habitat an oragnism has adapted to  within the ecological community , meaning where it stands as producer and consumer of food resources. A good example of niche is the savanah, or a large plain of grass. Many animals have adapted to live on a savanah and to eat the grass it supplies, but how do so many animals manage to sustain themselves  on the same diet without outcopeitng each other? Simple each animal has its own certain niche. For example zebras will graze on the top and middle of the grasses found on the savanah while antelopes who require more nutrishous food that is not as corse will eat the bottom fo the grasses as well as some of the roots.  

AN animal without a niche is helpless agaisnt competiotion and survival of the fitest. This webesite will focus on 6 (six) animals that have adapted to extreme climates and habitats manageing to carve out a niche in these severe places. From an arid desert to a waterloged jungle to the high pressures of the sea floor, these amazing animals have managed to survive for generations and we are going to find out why.