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Animals

• General
  • eNature.Com - The Audubon Field Guides for North American animals and plants. Includes pictures.
  • National Geographic Animals - Information about all kinds of animals. Check out the kids' section for animal sounds, videos, and e-cards.
  • Animal Planet - Animal information, games, and videos.
  • Wildlife Species - Information on many kinds of animals, birds, and fish. From the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
  • The San Diego Zoo - A great site for finding information on all kinds of animals.
  • Animal Database - Pictures and some information on a wide variety of animals. From KidBiology.Com.
  • Pubic Aquariums - Links to aquariums that you may want to visit.
  • Biomes and Habitats - This is a good site if you need information about biomes and the animals that live in each biomes.
  • Desert USA - Information about American deserts including plants, animals, and Native Americans who live in the desert.
  • Unique Australian Animals - Find out about dugongs and quokkas.
  • The Flying Turtle Science and Technology Exploration Site - This site explains how energy is important for animals and plants. Do you know how a flea jumps on to a dog? You will find the answer here.
  • Hotlist for Vertebrates - Good list of links to animal sites. From The Franklin Institute
  • Natural History Notebooks - This site provides information and pictures of Canadian animals. By the Canadian Museum of Nature
  
• On the Land
  • AmphibiaWeb - Search the database for information about amphibians.
  • The Bear Den - General information about bears and also facts about bear species like black and polar bears.
  • North American Butterfly Association - Butterfly pictures and answers to questions about butterflies.
  • Butterflies and Moths of North America - You can find butterflies by name, s or you find out what butterflies and moths live where you do.
  • Children's Butterfly Site - The life cycle of the butterfly and moth, lists of books and videos about butterflies, answers to questions and pictures.
  • Butterfly Farming - Really! A butterfly farm in Costa Rica.
  • The Froggy Page
  • We're the Insects - An introduction to insects including how they grow and what they eat.
  • Insectopedia - Lots of links to sites about all kinds of insects.
  • Giant Pandas - From the National Zoo in Washington, DC.
  • The American Rattlesnake Museum - Pictures and information about various kinds of rattlesnakes.
  • Spiders - A YouTube video about spiders from the Discovery Channel.
  • The Squirrel Place - Facts, photos and other information about squirrels.
  • Tarantulas.Com - Lots of pictures and facts about tarantulas, and how to take care of tarantulas.
  • Wombania's Wombat Information Center - An adorable animal from Australia.
  • Worm World - Tapeworms, earthworms, planaria and others. A fun and yucky page.
  • Beartracker's Animal Tracks Den - A good site if you are looking for animal footprints.
• In the Sea
  • SeaWorld Animal Information- Whales, dolphins, manatees and more plus information on endangered species.
  • The Ocean Portal - Life in the Oceans. From the Smithsonian Institution.
  • The Shedd Aquarium - For information on individual animals, go to the Explore by Animal section. You will find videos at the Interactive section.
  • The National Marine Mammal Laboratory - Information on whales, seals, dolphins, and other marine mammals. There is also information on careers working with marine mammals.
  • The Waikiki Aquarium - Take the virtual tour of the aquarium and see the marine life of the Pacific Ocean. If you are doing a report, take a look at the Marine Life Profiles which has information and pictures of the animals and plant life of the coral reef.
  • The Horseshoe Crab - Did you know that the horseshoe crab has 10 eyes? And did you know that it is very important for medical research?
  • Sharks and Rays - Good site from Sea World.
  • Sea Shells - This site will help you identify shells, and will also help if you need to clean and preserve shells and other sea life that you found on the beach.
  • The Echinoids - That means sea urchins. Lots of information for reports, and many pictures.
  • The National Aquarium in Baltimore - Take a virtual field trip to the aquarium.
• In the Air
  • All About Birds - Bird identification, bird watching, and bird videos.
  • Eggs - A Virtual Exhibition - An online exibition of bird eggs by the Provincial Museum of Alberta.
  • Hummingbird World - Lots of pictures and info about this busy little bird.
  • Bird Book - Beautiful pictures of birds by Arnold Zuckerman.
  • Bird Links of the World - Huge directory of web sites dealing with birds.
  • Celebrate Urban Birds - Pigeons are not the only kind of birds that live in the city. Check out this site for info on urban bird watching.
  • Rediscovering the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker - This bird, which was thought to be extinct, has been seen again.
• Under the Sink
  • Yucky Roach World- This site is full of facts about the cockroach. Do take a look at it.
  • The Virtual Roach - See a cockroach really, really close up. This information is from Orkin.
  • The Brown Stink Bug - A real pest in Pennsylvania and other states.
  • Pest World for Kids - Find out more about roaches, mice, termites, and other living things that you do not want living near you. There are games and science fair activities at this site.
• Animals of the Past
  • About The Prehistoric World - From National Geographic.
  • Dinosaurs for Kids - Dino Data and Dino Games.
  • ZoomDinosaurs.Com - A huge amount of information about dinosaurs.
  • Trilobites - Small, hard-shelled creatures that lived over 300 million years ago.
  • The Royal Tyrrell Museum - in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. A museum devoted to dinosaurs and other prehistoric life.

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