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| Arctic Wildlife Portfolio |
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| Birds, mammals, and sea mammals of the arctic are featured at this web site from the Smithsonian. Click a tab to see a list of arctic wildlife. For each creature, you will find a photo and facts. Play the Polar Pairs game to test your knowledge about these animals. Click to find matching pairs, and then read information about the arctic animals. Read about a 19th century naturalist and his work. Check the glossary for definitions. |
| Topic: Animals; Wildlife |
| URL: http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/wildlife.html |
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| The World's Largest Archive of Animal Sounds and Associated Video |
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| The Macaulay Library has swung its doors open to the public! More than eighty thousand sound and video clips of birds and other animals are now accessible through the Library's web site. The collection currently emphasizes North American birds and animals but also includes many samples from around the world. Search the archives for any animal--from a visitor to your backyard feeder to an unusual insect from the other side of the world--and learn about the many creatures, common and uncommon, with whom we share the planet. |
| Topic: Animals; Animal communication |
| URL: http://macaulaylibrary.org/index.do |
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| Wildlife |
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| Learn more about hundreds of different kinds of animals at this amazing web site. With a search engine powerful enough to allow you to choose which animal group (22 different categories!), where it lives, habitat, diet, conservation level and or world records about them you should be able to find the animal you are looking for quickly. Check out each animal's individual page for information about diet, behavior, reproduction and much more. Detailed photographs are also included. |
| Topic: Animals; Wildlife |
| URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/wildlifefinder/ |
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| Animals |
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| Studying animals has never been easier! This web site is a one stop place for anything animal related. The site is filled with fact sheets on numerous types of wildlife. Each has its own page covering details about the animals range, habitat, physical traits, diet, habits, reproductive traits, lifespan, and illustrated diagrams. You can search for animals in several different ways: by classification (using either phylum or class), by habitat, by special trait, or by location. |
| Topic: Animals |
| URL: http://www.exploringnature.org/db/subcat_index.php%3FdbID%3D43 |
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| Critter Chemistry |
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| The active role chemistry takes in the animal kingdom is discussed at the web site of Chemical and Engineering News. This site offers a lengthy list of articles from Chemical and Engineering News that introduce different amphibians and reptiles, birds, fish, insects and mammals. Each article explains the chemical connections found in the animal. The site is updated often and the articles change. Find out how critters use chemicals to defend themselves and to disguise themselves. |
| Topic: Animals |
| URL: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/critter/critterchemistry.html |
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| Natural History Notebooks |
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| The Canadian Museum of Nature offers a wonderful web site with a variety of animals to illustrate. In the "Natural History Notebooks you'll find lots of fascinating facts about 246 animal species. You'll also learn about the amazing diversity of life on Earth (both past and present), and why it's important to protect that diversity". See drawings of mammals, birds, fishes, endangered species, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates and even prehistoric life. Illustrations of animals are done by Charles Douglas, former chief illustrator for the museum. |
| Topic: Animals |
| URL: http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/mon2.htm |
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| A-Z Animals |
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| Just about every animal you can think of can be found at this web site called A-Z Animals. The list goes from the Abyssinian to the Zorse. You can find an animal by scrolling though the alphabetized list or you can scroll through the scientific names. You can also search by the group the animal belongs to or by the location where the animal is found. Find out which animals are vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered an extinct and look at pictures of different animals. |
| Topic: Animals |
| URL: http://a-z-animals.com/animals/ |
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| National Geographic Kids |
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| If you love animals, care about the environment, or just want to have fun, then "National Geographic Kids" is for you. Browse facts, pictures, and video clips of the planet's most amazing animals. Then, take a journey around the world by clicking on People and Places. Once you're done exploring, read a collection of real-life stories about animals, people, and events. Be sure to also click on the tabs for videos and photos, for some amazing visual images. Other features include fun activities you can try at home, along with cool games that are just a mouse click away. |
| Topic: Animals; Geography--Miscellanea |
| URL: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ |
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| Animal Pages to Color Online |
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| Do you like to paint animals? If so, this is the web site for you! This web site, All About Nature, offers hundred of animals to download and print. Facts are given for each animal along with a description of the anatomy and diet of the animal. Paint animals like the Aardvark, North American Beaver, Whale Shark and many more. This web site is easy to navigate and you will find the animal you are looking for in the complete index. |
| Topic: Animals |
| URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/painting/ |
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| Animal Information |
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| Have you ever wondered what a beluga whale sounds like? Check out the animal sounds library on this website to listen to different animals sounds. This website is an excellent resource for all types of animal information. There are great links for in depth information about all kinds of land and water animals as well as a section that gives you just a brief description and picture of all kinds of animals. You can even go on an underwater safari on this site. |
| Topic: Animals |
| URL: http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/index.htm |
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| Crittercam |
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| The "Crittercam" is a special video camera designed to be worn by animals by inventor Greg Marshall. The National Geographic Society Web site features biographies of Marshall and the team of scientists who work with these data recording instruments on expeditions around the world. The site features an interactive program where you can design the parts for your own "Crittercam" as you learn how it is used to study and record the behavior of animals such as sharks, sea turtles, penguins, and seals. A media player is needed to see and hear the examples of the "Critteram" in action. |
| Topic: Animals; Cameras; Animal behavior--Research; Photography--Scientific applications |
| URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/crittercam/index.html |
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| Animals |
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| What animals are used to carry mail? How many mosquitoes can a bat eat in an hour? Does a ring-tailed lemur bark or meow? What are the two heaviest land animals? Test your knowledge about animals and learn a lot, too. Each twenty-question quiz on this site is randomly composed from over 800 questions. After submitting your answer, you get a response that tells you whether you were correct or not and provides a detailed explanation of the animal in question. This is a fun way to learn about animals! |
| Topic: Animals |
| URL: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_trivia_animal.htm |
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| Animals |
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| Learn about some of the most interesting animals in the world from A to Z on K Bears' off-road adventure. To begin your adventure just choose any letter from A to Z and learn all about the animals that begin with that letter. You will find many amazing pictures of each animal and many more amazing facts. Along with the information found on each page you will also find coloring pages and links to additional information as well. |
| Topic: Animals |
| URL: http://www.kbears.com/animals/index.html |
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| Animal Videos |
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| Browse a large collection of approximately twenty videos that feature a wide range of animals. You can watch videos of aquatic animals such as penguins, the giant octopus, puffer fish, and killer whales and you can watch videos of fierce animals such as lions, polar bears, sharks, and bears. There are also videos of dogs, snakes, goats, and even a montage of funny animals. Brief descriptions of each video can be found on the opening page. |
| Topic: Animals |
| URL: http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/animals.html |
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| Animal Bytes |
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| Information on animals from the major vertebrate groups including amphibians, birds, reptiles, and mammals are featured in the San Diego Zoo's online collection of "Animal Bytes." The descriptions of vertebrates in the "Animal Categories" section feature notes about the classification of the different species that make up the group; a listing of basic facts, and detailed information on specific animals and their habitats, which also include photographs and videos. More facts about animals are available at the site links to species found in different habitats and ecosystems on continents and their territories around the world. |
| Topic: Animals |
| URL: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/index.html |