Description

Animals form the largest of the natural world's five kingdoms, withnearly 2 million different animal species having been recorded andnew animals are still constantly being discovered. Animals are themost varied living things on the planet and you would think soafter having evolved and adapted to their surroundings for morethan a billion years. Different levels of animals from prey topredators, and from those animals that live on the sea bed to thoseanimals that rule the skies, all make up the animal kingdom.Despite the fact that the evolution of animals came after theevolution of other living species, animals are now the dominantform of life on Earth. Two main reasons why animals have takenover, are the fact that animals can move, and that animals aresuccessfully able to adapt to changing environments in order tocontinue surviving successfully. Throughout this section, we lookinto what sets animals apart from other living organisms and fromone another. We will also look at their behavior including how theycommunicate and interact with others; their anatomy includingskeletons, senses and movement; the habitats in which they live;and the conservation that is being done around the world to try andprotect them.