Fossorial adaptation

Fossorial adaptation refers to the physical and behavioral traits that help an organism dig, live, and navigate underground environments. These adaptations can include strong, clawed limbs for digging, a streamlined body to move easily through soil, reduced or specialized eyesight due to limited light underground, and robust skulls or jaws for burrowing. These features enable animals like moles, mole rats, and certain insects to efficiently burrow, find food beneath the surface, and escape predators. Overall, fossorial adaptations optimize an organism's ability to survive and thrive in subterranean habitats.