Students will compare changes and adaptations of plants and animals. Information Animals adapt to seasonal changes in a variety of interesting ways. These animals have an added bonus of being white in winter and darker in the summer, thus providing a camouflage from their predators. Badgers and many other animals burrow into the ground and when outside tempatures are cold, they stay in their underground tunnels. Squirrels store food in the fall to last them through the winter months.
Some animals hibernate during the winter months.
They go into a deep sleep, their heart rate and other body functions slow down, and they sleep until early spring. Still others, including some insects, go into a phase of dormancy for the winter. Another way that many animals adapt to changes in the seasons is to migrate to areas that offer more suitable conditions. Many birds migrate long distances to a warmer climate in the winter and to cooler climates in the summer. Mountain sheep move from high mountain ranges in the summer to lower mountain ranges in the winter in addition to changes in the thickness of their coats to help them to survive seasonal changes.