The Enhanced Media Edition of BIOLOGY: ORGANISMS AND ADAPTATIONS captures your students’ passion and excitement for the living world! The authors build on the connection we all have to nature to inspire students to engage with biology in the same way they do when visiting zoos, aquariums, or just taking a walk in the park. Each chapter uses fascinating organisms such as blue whales, salamanders, and redwood trees to present, organize, and integrate biological concepts. Merging the excitement and passion for living things with an understanding of biological concepts, this highly accessible and practical approach to the study of biology produces students who are scientifically literate and connective in their thinking. The Enhanced Media Edition is a fully integrated package of print and media, providing comprehensive learning tools and flexible delivery options.

UNIT I: INTRODUCTION TO ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY.
1. Biology: The Scientific Study of Life.
2. Evolution and the Diversity of Life.
3. Evolutionary Change and Adaptation.
4. Organisms in Their Habitat.
5. Ecological Interactions among Organisms.
UNIT II: ADAPTATIONS OF ANIMALS.
6. Animal Structure and Function.
7. Animal Growth and Development.
8. Animal Feeding and Digestion.
9. Animal Respiration, Circulation, and Metabolism.
10. Animal Sensory Perception, Integration, and Movement.
11. Animal Mating and Reproduction.
UNIT III: ADAPTATIONS OF PLANTS AND FUNGI.
12. Plant Growth, Structure, and Function.
13. Plants Functioning in Their Habitat.
14. Plant Reproduction.
15. The Biology of Fungi.
UNIT IV: ENVIRONMENTAL CONNECTIONS OF LIFE.
16. Physical Cycles and the Biosphere.
17. Preserving Biodiversity through Conservation Biology.
UNIT V: GENETIC CONNECTIONS OF LIFE.
18. Patterns of Inheritance.
19. Biotechnology and Genetics.
UNIT VI: APPLYING BIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS TO HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE.
20. Infectious Diseases and the Body’s Responses.
21. The Biology of Chronic Disease.

The Enhanced Media Edition of BIOLOGY: ORGANISMS AND ADAPTATIONS captures your students’ passion and excitement for the living world! The authors build on the connection we all have to nature to inspire students to engage with biology in the same way they do when visiting zoos, aquariums, or just taking a walk in the park. Each chapter uses fascinating organisms such as blue whales, salamanders, and redwood trees to present, organize, and integrate biological concepts. Merging the excitement and passion for living things with an understanding of biological concepts, this highly accessible and practical approach to the study of biology produces students who are scientifically literate and connective in their thinking. The Enhanced Media Edition is a fully integrated package of print and media, providing comprehensive learning tools and flexible delivery options. The clear MindTap learning path focuses on student workflow with activities for before class, in class, and after class. It also includes the readings, study resources, and instructor-added materials. Various animals and plants engage students and provide the context for presenting the core concepts in biology. Each chapter opens with an organism that illustrates the key concepts in the chapter. The featured organism and others also appear throughout the chapter. The consistent use of organisms allows for repetition and reinforcement of major concepts. Unlike traditional approaches that often present a concept early and expect students to recall it many chapters later, the approach reinforces processes and adaptations among different organisms throughout the book such as meiosis in animal, plant, and fungal systems. At the end of each section, "Check and Apply Your Understanding" questions ask students five questions from the recall level to the application level of understanding. A running glossary is included to assist students in learning the "language of biology." The end of chapter suite of tools helps develop question-asking skills and scientific thinking, including Self-Quiz questions, Applying the Concepts problems, Data Analysis exercises, and the "Question Generator." Conceptual exercises in MindTap help students learn and understand key concepts with randomized, automatically graded questions, exceptional text interaction, and immediate feedback. Instructor resources include transition support to the organisms-based approach, lecture prep resources, sample activities, alternate organisms, and more.