- BBC Nature Online - Animals - http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/
A site for anyone interested in animals and the natural world around them. Includes special features, fact sheets, and online quizzes.
- Are You Thinking about Becoming a Veterinarian? - http://www.talktothevet.com/faqvetcareer.HTM
Frequently asked questions about how someone becomes a vet including career information, veterinary medicine, jobs, education, salary, advice, schools, and personal experiences.
- The Animal Diversity Web - http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/
General information about all genres of the animal kingdom, from mammals to reptiles.
- Scott's Awesome Animals - http://awesomeanimals.tripod.com/
Learn about and see photos of mammals, reptiles, and pets. Site created by an 8-year-old.
- Animal Attraction - http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=kids/archive&contentId=A30848-2001Mar20
Strange pictures of various beasts from the Washington Post.
- Amazing Animal Senses - http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/amaze.html
Examples of how some animals sense the outside world and the anatomical structures that allow them to do so.
- Animals - http://www.4to40.com/omg/default.asp?category=animal
Contains facts such as why a zebra has stripes, what makes a rattlesnake rattle, and how the fire-bellied toad uses its colors as a warning to other predators.
- Animal facts - http://www.indianchild.com/amazing_facts.htm
Weird facts about animals.
- Logan's Animal Adaptations - http://hometown.aol.com/cre82/index.html
A site constructed by a first grader showing how animals must adapt to their environment in order to survive. Includes graphic organizers.
- Skull Collection - http://www.d91.k12.id.us/www/skyline/teachers/robertsd/skulls.htm
Picture gallery of skulls from mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, sharks, and crustaceans. Also offers a chart comparing the sizes, a map of skull bones, and a description of how you prepare skulls.
- Animal Trial - http://www.animaltrial.com/
View animal pictures with information on each animal. Test your knowledge with the question panel.
- Bunyips - http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/bunyips/
Fun Australian Flash site dedicated to the history and lore of the Bunyips.
- Animals - http://www.geocities.com/mickey_prasad/animals2.html
Contains information about animals which are not famous or common, including the sea cow, anaconda, tiger moth, and rice rat. Also includes articles and questions.
- Gardensafari - http://www.gardensafari.net
Pictures and basic information about common animals found in the garden. Also offered in Dutch.
- Kids Go Wild - http://www.wcs.org/7490/kidsgowild/
Explore a virtual zoo with animal facts, games, wildlife news, and information on conservation efforts.
- Free Animal Trivia Web Quizzes - http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_trivia_animal.htm
Each quiz selects ten animal trivia facts at random. Requires Flash.
- JungleWalk - http://www.junglewalk.com
Collection of animal movie and audio clips, websites, posters, and books. Includes insect, birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and other invertebrates.
- BBC - CBBC - Wild - http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/wild/
Find out what makes your pet tick, how to help wildlife, competitions, quizzes and webcams.
- Animals Past and Present - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/animals/index.html
Includes a history of animals that lived in Illinois 65 million years ago, 10 million years ago, and today. Also offers an explanation about what happened to the dinosaurs.
- Animal Slide Show - http://www.animal-slide-show.com
A simple slide show with various photos of animals.
- The Predator Page - http://members.tripod.com/endangeredtiger/
Information about predators such as Great White sharks, tigers, and cheetahs. Includes many pictures, links, and information.
- Australian Wildlife - http://www.geocities.com/ozwildlife
Australian wildlife photographs featuring mammals, birds, frogs and lizards from Queensland, Australia. Audio is available for many of the bird, mammal and frog calls.
- Animal Information For Kids - http://loganspage.com/
Designed by an eight-year old Includes information about biomes,animal fiction, current events, sayings,fun facts, links, an interactive quiz, and an opportunity to write in questions.
- Photoarchives - Josef Hlasek - http://www.hlasek.com/
Features photo galleries. Includes plants, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies and moths, beetles, nerve-winged insects, dragonflies and other animals.
- Pond Dipping - http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/pond-dip/
Find out about frogs, toads and tadpoles, newts and pond bugs, how to pond dip, and how to make a wildlife pond. Send in pictures and reports of pond animals you have seen.
- Animal Doc Com - http://www.uga.edu/~lam/kids/
For kids who would like to be veterinarians. Animal health and care information, puzzles and contests.
- Amazing Animal Articles - http://www.geocities.com/plecoboy88
Articles about a number of animal topics, including evolution and predation.
- Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration - http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
Students across North America track the journeys of a dozen migratory species, share their field observations with classrooms across the Hemisphere, and are linked with scientists who share their expertise directly.
- Densmore Forest - http://www.cyke.com/forest.swf
Contains games, quizzes, and activities about animals. Also includes activities about mythical creatures.
- Australian Fauna - http://www.australianfauna.com
Information on a wide range of diverse Australian animals. Includes wildlife sanctuaries, quizzes and photos.
- Cool Animal Pictures - http://www.coolanimalpictures.com/
Offering tiger, wolf, dolphin and bird pictures.
- African Fauna - http://www.africanfauna.com
Includes facts, photos and information.
- Food Chains and Webs - http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm
What is a food chain? Find out why there are more herbivores than carnivores. Multiple-choice questions and an interactive activity to create your own food web.
- Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary - http://www.koala.net/ed/children/kids.htm
Includes games, coloring pages, and other activities about koalas and Australian animals.
- Animals - http://www.scz.org/animals.html
Learn all about amphibians, birds, fishes, mammals and reptiles from this page sponsored by the Sedgwick County Zoo.
- AVMA Kids' Korner - http://www.avma.org/careforanimals/kidscorner/
Activities, games, tips, and other information to help kids learn to care for pets.
- Animals - http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Animals.html
Graphics, quizzes and links to help students learn basic animal concepts. Includes protozoa and simple animals as well.
- Aza's Web - http://www.azasweb.com
Learn all sorts of things about wild animals and how to protect them, as well as finding out what other children think about the planet. Available in eleven languages.
- Bertie's Vertebrate Quiz - http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/vertebrate/
Quizzes, puzzles and problems about vertebrate animals. Different difficulty levels.
- Visual Dissecting - http://library.thinkquest.org/12014/
Perform dissections of a bullfrog and a fetal pig. Includes a glossary and message board.
- World Wildlife Fund: Just for Kids - http://www.panda.org/news_facts/education/
Provides fact sheets, interactive quizzes, photographs, video clips, and teacher's guides.
- National Zoo Web Pages Just for Kids - http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Audiences/kids/
Information on the many different animals of the world. Includes articles, stories, jigsaw puzzles and other activities.
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