Go to Episode Guides, then scroll through the
subjects in Life Science to find the animal information you want. You can get general definitions of mammals,
amphibians, and birds, for example, plus fun facts, a list of good books, and
hands-on experiments.
Select Birds, Mannals, or Reptiles and Amphibians
to browse the list of over 1,000 animals that are featured at the Lincol Park
Zoo in Chicago. Each species data sheet
includes a description of the animal, its habitat, and special adaptations it
has made to its environment.
Click on an animal to view a fact sheet that
includes an enlargeable photo and details about the animal and conservation
efforts. Or, start with Exhibits such
as Jungle or Herpetarium to focus your investigation.
http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/atoz.html
Browse the list of animals or scroll to the bottom
of the page to select an area of the world.
Some animal fact sheets have links to animal sounds and movies.
http://www.seaworld.org/infobook.html
Look under Animal Bytes for interesting facts
about lots of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. You can also check out Animal News, find out
about Animal Training, or sing about animals with the sea World Songbook.
The Philadelphia Zoo’s site includes information
on more than 1,700 animals of the world.
Browse through the list of animals or use the Zoo Online Search Machine
to help you find the one you’re looking for.
Discovery Channel Online
Discovery Online presents fascinating articles
about animals. Click on Feature Stories
and scroll down to the list of categories, including Fur, Feathers, and Claws;
) Oceans, Sharks, and Whales; and Bugs and Reptiles. Visit Science Live to listen to RealAudio Web casts about animal
and other intriguing science topics.
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3500
Visit this Web site to find information about the
animals that live in the coldest places on eacth. While you’re there, try some activities relatedf to Arctic
animals. You can test your knowledge by
taking the Animal Quiz on the Activities page.
Desert USA:
Desert Animals
http://www.desertusa.com/animal.html
Find you how animals can survive the extremely hot
and dry conditions of the desert.
Browse the Animal Archive for information on differente animals. Click on Adaptations to learn how some
desert dwellers stay cool.
http://www.panda.org/kids/kids.htm
Go to Virtual Wildlife and check out the animal
pages that interest you, or test your animal knowledge by choosing one of the
many interactive animal quizzes, or visit the Kid’s and Teacher’s archives for
informative animal fact sheets and slide shows.
http:///www2.sptimes.com/Aquaruim/Defautl.html
Click on Habitat to follow a drop of water from a
natural spring to the ocean depths and learn about the animals that live along
the way. Go to the Hands on area to
find activities and information about featured creatures. Check the FAQs in the Information section,
or jump into the Play Pond for more marine animal fun.
http://www.olcommerce.com/terra/
At this online wildlife reserve, you can take a
Terran Tour to learn about extinct, endangered, or flourishing animals, or you
can visit a Terran Sphere to find out about different types of animals. Along the way, meet animals like Noresh the
Bengal Tiger and Jeng the Beiji Dolphin.
Mammals of Belize
http://www.belizenet.com/zoo/zoo/mammal.html
Visit the mammals at the Belize Zoo. Meet an ocelot, a gibnut, or a kinkajpou. Animal fact sheets nclude photos, videos,
and sounds of these Central American animals.
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/sagarman/
Click on Species to learn all about different kinds
of wild cats, continent by continent.
Find out about their evolution and efforts to save them today. Go to the Contents page or use the menu for
each page to find the cats you want.
http://thingswild.com/cheetah2.html
Visit the Cheetah Spot to learn how this beg cat
got its name or how fast cheetahs run.
Besides giving you plenty of information, this site allows you to go on
a cheetah photo safari across Tanzania or listen to cheetah sounds.
Visit All About Tigers to view tiger pictures,
listen to tiger sounds, and find facts about these beautiful cats. Go on interactive Tiger Adventures or visit
the Cubs “n Kids section to have more fun and learn about saving the world’s
tigers.
http://www.nature-net.com/bears
Scroll down the list of bears to get detailsed
information about a variety of different kinds of bears. Keep going to the Bear Den News articles,
the Bear Den Photo Gallery, and more.
Younger students can visit the Cub Den for Amazing Facts and Books for
Young Readers.
http://www2.jps.net/~jpeng/Koala/koala.html
Visit this site to learn all about the
eucalyptus-eating marsupial called the Koala.
There are all sorts of facts and pictures, and even a folktale about
koalas.
http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/
Bats are the only flying mammals, At this Web site, find out where they live,
what they eat, and how they help people.
Then test your knowledge with the Big Bat Quiz and try your hand at some
bat games.
http://www.selu.com/~PrimateGallery/main.html
From the familiar gorilla to the aye-aye, this
site is full of photographs and information about primates. Take a look at the Primate of the Week,
watch primate animation, and listen to the sounds of monkeys and apes.
Gordan’s Entonological Home Page
Is a millipede a bug? Go tot his page to find out what a bug is or to learn all about a
particular bug. Visit the Insect Home
Page to find out why insects are the most successful life form on the planet.
Do you think bugs and worms are yucky? Enter Bug World or Worm World from this Web
site to learn all about these creepy crawlers.
If you have a question about any of these animals, or if you just want
to have some fun with more yucky stuff, Ask Wendell.
Smithsonian Institutes FAQ
\http://www.si.edu/resource/faq
Click on Reptiles and Amphibians and scrolol down
to the Reptile Dsicovery Center at the National Zoo (which includes a tour with
audio), Reptile and Amphibian Facts, and a Reading List. Click on Dinosaurs and Paleobiology for the
top 10 misconceptions about dinosaurs.
http://www.birminghamzoo.com/ao/
Choose Amphibians or Reptiles, then click on a
particular animal for links. There are
dozens of animals in each category, some with several links to zoos and other
institutions around the country. Click
on Dinosaurs for a long list of good links such as the American Museum of
Natural History.
http://frog.simplenet,com/froggy/
Take a light look at the world of frogs and learn
some facts as well. Look at frog
pictures, listen to frog sounds, and read about frogs in the news. You can even read stories about frogs and
sing some frog songs.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds
Start with the basics in All About Birds, and
click on highlighted words to go into more depth. Then move on to Birds!, and choose the ones you want to see. Keep exploring to find out about state
birds, pet birds, bird fossils, and more.
http://www.petersononline.com/birds/perspective
Look! Up
in the sky! It’s a bird! What kind?
This site will help you know what to look for the next time you want to
identify a bird. It provides
information about categorizing birds by their size, shape, markings, and
behavior.
Discovery Channel Online: Animal Cams
http://www.discovery.com/cams/cam.html
Discovery Channel’s Animal Cams allow you to take
a live look at some exciting animals.
Visit sharks, orangutans, and other intriguing creatures at places such
as the Waikiki Aquarium and the National Zoo.
http://www.edf.org/Earth2Kids/kokoto
Kojoto is a game of endangered animal
concentration. Just click on the stones
to turn them over. Match two of the
same animal and a description of the animal will appear. Each time you play, the stories will be
rearranged. You will nee the Shockwave
plug-in to play this game. Download a
free copy of Shockwave at http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/.
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/squid.html
Learn all about the Giant Squid at the online
version of the Smithsonian Institution’s Ocean Planet Exhibit. No wonder people have feared this huge
animal – its eyes can be the size of volleyballs.
http://www.si.edu/natzoo/photos/phoset.htm
Looking for a photograph of your favorite
animal? Visit the Smithsonian
Institution’s online Animal Photo Library.
Choose Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Amphibians, or Invertebrates, then
pick an animal from the long list or photos and information.
http://www.goldcanyon.com/ie/indexit.html
Would you like to visit a desert without
experiencing the heat? This Web site
shows you the animals, plants, and landscape of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona.
From this corner of the Sedgwick County Zoo in
Kansas, you can access the animal pages or take a tour of the new jungle
exhibit. You can also play animal
games, take an animal quiz, and see a multimedia slide show.
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/games/tracks/tracks.cgi?tracks+GAMES
Send a digital postcard from the San Diego Cyber
zoo while learning about endangered animals.
The games on this page will test your animal tracking skills and let you
match predators to their prey.
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/artic/game
Play the Polar Pairs matching game to test your
memory skills while learning fun facts about Artic animals and their icy
world. This site requires a
java-enabled browser such as netscape Navigator 3.0+ or Microsoft Internet
Explorer 3.0+