How do animals and plants solve the problems posed by the environments in which they live? This subject explores the features of organisms that allow them to obtain nutrients, escape predators and mate, focusing on the environmental factors shaping these features; examines environmental influences on animal and plant function in a range of environments including deserts, rainforests and arctic conditions; examines the adaptations of organisms allowing them to cope with such conditions and explores the relationship between environmental conditions and organism performance using a series of field-based experiments to allow students to develop skills required for data collection, analysis and communication of results.