Sunlight and other sources of light are the key controllers of all food-webs around the world. No matter what habitat, life ultimately requires a source of light in order to survive and flourish. As such, life around the world, and the evolutionary routes that they take, has been moulded around the intensity and the sources of light in given environments.
In both terrestrial and marine environments, animals have changed their senses, body-forms and nature to fit the controls of light. Some have evolved communicative strategies where sunlight is absent, whereas others have used sunlight to control the way they migrate and move across the world.
Perhaps most impressively, certain groups of animals utilise the power of photosynthesis to absorb energy from light. Nonetheless, it is obvious that across the natural world, the amount of sunlight in given locations has altered the way animals live and interact with one another. You can see this for yourself below in our latest infographic!
Infographic by: www.thesolarcentre.co.uk
In both terrestrial and marine environments, animals have changed their senses, body-forms and nature to fit the controls of light. Some have evolved communicative strategies where sunlight is absent, whereas others have used sunlight to control the way they migrate and move across the world.
Infographic by: www.thesolarcentre.co.uk
