How Adaptations Lead to Natural Selection

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This engaging biology video explores the fundamental concepts of adaptations and natural selection, using vivid examples from the animal kingdom to illustrate how species evolve over time. The lesson begins in the freezing Antarctic, demonstrating how elephant seals, emperor penguins, and notothenioid fish have developed specific physical and behavioral traits to survive in extreme environments. It defines adaptations as inherited traits that improve an organism's chances of survival and reproduction, linking these observable features back to genetic inheritance and DNA.