How do animals adapt to the desert?

Physical Adaptations. Camels evolved and physically adapted to hot desert days and cold desert nights in multiple ways. The camel's hump doesn't store water, as many people think; it stores fat. ... The heavy fur on their bodies acts as an insulator against heat as well as a blanket against a desert's extreme winter cold. read more

At night, the desert comes alive. A universal adaptation of desert living begins with an upside-down day. Instead of sleeping at night, nocturnal animals sleep during the hottest part of the day, only to take up their business of hunting food during the graveyard shift. read more

Some animals also migrate during the hottest parts of the year. Desert animals dissipate heat through lighter coloring, large ears and long appendages and through gaping mouth-breathing. In order to retain water, desert animals burrow into moist earth to absorb water into their bodies, or they obtain moisture through the food they eat. read more

Some animals dig underground to keep cool like the bilby. The bilbydigs underground 1 to 2 metres and it can be as much as 10 degreeslower. read more