Can Animals Evolve to Deal with Climate Change?

Positives

• Stories about animals adapting to climate change often focus on well-known species such as polar bears. In this podcast, students can learn about many lesser-known animal species that are adapting in unique ways to survive environmental changes.
• This podcast focuses on case studies in locations around the world, including the Galapagos Islands, Europe, and Turks and Caicos.

Additional Prerequisites

• The podcast switches to climate news at 23:50.
• It may be helpful to show students some pictures of the animal species mentioned before or after listening to this podcast.
  

Differentiation

• Students in biology classes can use this podcast to discuss the advance in scientists' understanding about the process of biological evolution. Years ago, scientists believed that animals required decades or even centuries in order for evolution to occur. Now, evidence from recent research suggests otherwise.
• Resources related to this topic include this video about natural selection, this video about species extinction and climate change, and this video about researching Pika adapting to climate change.