Adaptations help organisms survive in their ecological niche or habitat; adaptations can be anatomical, behavioral or physiological.Anatomical adaptations are physical features such as an animals shape. Behavioral adaptations can be inherited or learnt and include tool use, language and swarming behavior. Physiological adaptations include the ability to make venom; but also more general functions such as temperature regulation.Adaptation to extremes covers all the special behaviors and physical traits that living things need to withstand the planet's harshest conditions and environments. Whether it's a lack of oxygen at altitude, the searing heat of deserts or the bitter cold of the polar regions, plants, animals and other organisms have evolved a multitude of coping strategies.Adaptation refers to both the present state of being adapted and to the evolutionary process that leads to the adaptation.