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In evolutionism, a biological adaptation is an anatomical structure, physiological process or behavioral trait of an organism that has evolved over a period of time by the process of natural selection such that it increases the expected long-term reproductive success of the organism. The term adaptation is also sometimes used as a synonym for natural selection, but most biologists discourage this usage.

Adaptation can be viewed as taking place over geological time, or within the lifetime of one individual or a group.

Organisms that are adapted to their environment are able to:

  • get air, water, food and nutrients
  • cope with physical conditions such as temperature, light and heat
  • defend themselves from their natural enemies
  • reproduce
  • respond to changes around them
Adaptations are the way living organisms cope with environmental stresses and pressures. One common form of physical Adaptation involves acclimatization. Acclimatization allows the organism to be able to exist in its new environment. Adaptation can be structural or behavioural. Structural adaptations are special body parts of an organism that help it to survive in its natural habitat, for example, its skin color, shape and body covering. Behavioural adaptations are special ways a particular organism behaves to survive in its natural habitat. Physiological adaptations are systems present in an organism that allow it to perform certain biochemistry reactions, for example, making venom, secreting slime, being able to keep a constant body temperature.

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