Animals

Pestworld for Kids - Features interactive games, factsheets and quizzes on the ecology and control of common pest species. From the National Pest Management Association.
http://www.pestworldforkids.org/

Visual Dissecting - Perform dissections of a bullfrog and a fetal pig. Includes a glossary and message board.
http://library.thinkquest.org/12014/

Animal Exploration: See Who's Out There - Look at the animals in the world around us with information on their habitats, food, lifestyle, and life-cycle.
http://animalexploration.tripod.com/animalexploration.html

Animals - 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.
http://www.geocities.com/mickey_prasad/animals2.html

Animal Corner - Provides facts and pictures for a variety of animals and their environments.
http://www.animalcorner.co.uk

North America Exhibits - National Zoo - Has lots of articles, pics and puzzles. Download pictures to color. Sponsored by the Smithsonian Friends of the National Zoo.
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/NorthAmerica/ForKids/

Morris the Tortoise's Wild World of Animals - Original articles about animals, artwork, and links to resources, including animal webcams.
http://www.angelfire.com/punk2/walktheplank/zoo.html

Serengeti - Contains information on many animals living in the Serengeti such as zebras, lions, and elephants.
http://www.serengeti.org/

Australian Fauna - Information on a wide range of diverse Australian animals. Includes wildlife sanctuaries, quizzes and photos.
http://www.australianfauna.com

Pet Speak - Photo gallery and trivia facts about unusual animals. Includes links to similar pages.
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/emmalpatrick/animals.html

African Wildlife Foundation : Wildlife Gallery - Fact sheets on many African animals. For some animals there are audio files as well. There is also information on animal conservation.
http://www.awf.org/section/wildlife/gallery

Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration - 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.
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/

Animals - Graphics, quizzes and links to help students learn basic animal concepts. Includes protozoa and simple animals as well.
http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Animals.html

Kids Go Wild - Explore a virtual zoo with animal facts, games, wildlife news, and information on conservation efforts.
http://bronxzoo.com/278313/kidsgowild

African Fauna - Includes facts, photos and information.
http://www.africanfauna.com

The Predator Page - Information about predators such as Great White sharks, tigers, and cheetahs. Includes many pictures, links, and information.
http://members.tripod.com/endangeredtiger/

Bunyips - Fun Australian Flash site dedicated to the history and lore of the Bunyips.
http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/bunyips/

Bertie's Vertebrate Quiz - Quizzes, puzzles and problems about vertebrate animals. Different difficulty levels.
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/vertebrate/

The Animal Diversity Web - General information about all genres of the animal kingdom, from mammals to reptiles.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/

Living Organisms 2002 - Basic classification of animals.
http://www.geocities.com/organisms2002/

JungleWalk - Collection of animal movie and audio clips, websites, posters, and books. Includes insect, birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and other invertebrates.
http://www.junglewalk.com

AVMA Kids' Korner - Activities, games, tips, and other information to help kids learn to care for pets.
http://www.avma.org/careforanimals/kidscorner/

Animal Information For Kids - 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.
http://loganspage.com/

Free Animal Trivia Web Quizzes - Each quiz selects ten animal trivia facts at random. Requires Flash.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_trivia_animal.htm

Amazing Animal Articles - Articles about a number of animal topics, including evolution and predation.
http://www.geocities.com/plecoboy88/

WWF: Just for Kids - Provides fact sheets, interactive quizzes, photographs, video clips, and teacher's guides.
http://www.panda.org/news_facts/education/

BBC - CBBC - Wild - Find out what makes your pet tick, how to help wildlife, competitions, quizzes and webcams.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/wild/

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Our Animals - Australian animals, their physical features, food, home and environment and social groups. Based on a TV series.
http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/animals/

Animal Attraction - Strange pictures of various beasts from the Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=kids/archive&contentId=A30848-2001Mar20

KOL Animals - Galleries of animal videos, pictures, facts and sounds.
http://kids.aol.com/pets-and-animals/animals

Gardensafari - Pictures and basic information about common animals found in the garden. Also offered in Dutch.
http://www.gardensafari.net

Listen to Nature - Contains hundreds of wildlife sounds including birds, mammals, insects and soundscapes.
http://www.bl.uk/listentonature

Animal Trial - View animal pictures with information on each animal. Test your knowledge with the question panel.
http://www.animaltrial.com/

Animals - Learn all about amphibians, birds, fishes, mammals and reptiles from this page sponsored by the Sedgwick County Zoo.
http://www.scz.org/animals.html

Logan's Animal Adaptations - A site constructed by a first grader showing how animals must adapt to their environment in order to survive. Includes graphic organizers.
http://hometown.aol.com/cre82/index.html

Amazing Animal Senses - Examples of how some animals sense the outside world and the anatomical structures that allow them to do so.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/amaze.html

Use of Alternative Methods in Toxicological Research and Testing - Provides reasons for and against animal testing. Explains what animal alternatives are, and the three R's of research.
http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/files/AlterToxicMethods05.pdf

Densmore Forest - Contains games, quizzes, and activities about animals. Also includes activities about mythical creatures.
http://www.cyke.com/forest.swf

Skull Collection - 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.
http://www.d91.k12.id.us/skyline/teachers/robertsd/skulls.htm

Animals Past and Present - 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.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/animals/index.html

Australian Wildlife - Australian wildlife photographs featuring mammals, birds, frogs and lizards from Queensland, Australia. Audio is available for many of the bird, mammal and frog calls.
http://www.geocities.com/ozwildlife/

Australian Wildlife - Provides information about birds, mammals and frogs. Includes audio clips, distribution maps, and galleries.
http://www.ozanimals.com/

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary - Includes games, coloring pages, and other activities about koalas and Australian animals.
http://www.koala.net/ed/children/kids.htm

Cool Animal Pictures - Offering tiger, wolf, dolphin and bird pictures.
http://www.coolanimalpictures.com/

Scott's Awesome Animals - Learn about and see photos of mammals, reptiles, and pets. Site created by an 8-year-old.
http://awesomeanimals.tripod.com/

Betty's Visions - Has pictures of different kinds of animals, and explains how they are different than us.
http://www.bettysvisions.com/

World Animal Day - Supports good conditions for endangered species and other animals. October 4 was picked as the day to celebrate our fellow creatures. Includes list of events, ways to help, and kid's page.
http://www.worldanimalday.org.uk/

SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Animal Information Database - Contains information about several types of animals ranging from mammals, birds, and even marine life.
http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/

Food Chains and Webs - 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.
http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm

Zoobooks - The Encyclopedia of Animals - Tons of reliable animal information and resources, plus links to other homework sites.
http://www.zoobooks.com/

Wildlife Photo Gallery - Features photos of wild animals such as the Pronghorn antelope and Ridgenose rattle snake. From the Arizona Game & Fish department.
http://www.azgfd.gov/i_e/wildlife_photo.shtml

Macaulay Library Catalog - World's largest collection of animal recordings and associated video.
http://www.animalbehaviorarchive.org/

Photoarchives - Josef Hlasek - Features photo galleries. Includes plants, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies and moths, beetles, nerve-winged insects, dragonflies and other animals.
http://www.hlasek.com/

Animal Doc Com - For kids who would like to be veterinarians. Animal health and care information, puzzles and contests.
http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/animaldoc/

BBC Nature Online - Animals - A site for anyone interested in animals and the natural world around them. Includes special features, fact sheets, and online quizzes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/

Animals - 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.
http://www.4to40.com/omg/default.asp?category=animal