Yahooligans! Animals 
http://www.yahooligans.com/content/animals/
Ranger Rick Field Guides on mammals, fishes, insects, birds amphibians and reptiles.

EEK! Critter Corner   
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/index.htm
A great site (for grade 4-8) on amphibians, birds, fish, insects, mammals, reptiles, other invertebrates, and their habitats brought to you by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Animals A to Zoo -- Animal Planet   
http://animal.discovery.com/guides/atoz/atoz.html
This is Discovery Channels collection of information on animals.

Oakland Zoo Animals A to Z    
http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/atoz.html
Links to fact sheets on the animals that live at the Oakland Zoo.

AnimalSearch:  
A family-safe search engine for animal related web sites
http://animalsearch.galganov.net

Desert Animals & Wildlife 
http://www.desertusa.com/animal.html

Unique Australian Animals 
http://home.mira.net/~areadman/aussie.htm

eNature
http://www.enature.com

Animal Bytes
http://seaworld.org/AnimalBytes/animal_bytes.html

Animal Diversity Web  [high reading level and few pictures]
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/

Keep the Wild Alive!  National Wildlife Federation
http://www.nwf.org/keepthewildalive/

Kid's Planet  
http://www.kidsplanet.org/
Electronic fact sheets on over 50 species

Birds: A Virtual Exhibition 
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Birds/Birds/
Information on birds found in Canada.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: National Image Library 
http://images.fws.gov/
A great collection images of the wildlife of the United States.

Firefly Facts      
http://iris.biosci.ohio-state.edu/projects/FFiles/frfact.html
This site contains information on the behavior, bioluminescence and habitat of the firefly plus fun information and other resources.

About Animal Types 

Birds
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/
Enchanted Learning's site on birds, common features, the biggest and the smallest, diet, and more.

Mammals
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/
Enchanted Learning's site on mammals, common features, the biggest and the smallest, and much more.

Butterflies
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/
Enchanted Learning's site on butterflies, their anatomy, a dictionary of types, life cycle and more.

Citybugs
http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/citybugs/
General information about bugs, ask the expert links, how to identify bugs and much more.

Switcheroo Zoo [Flash]
http://www.switchzoo.com/
This is a colorful animated interactive site that allows you to swap the heads, legs, or tails of various zoo animals to create fantastical new creatures. There is also simple lesson plans on learning about different animals.

Zoos

Smithsonian National Zoo
http://natzoo.si.edu/

The Oakland Zoo
http://www.oaklandzoo.org/ed/endang.species.oakz.html

Pictures and Sounds

JungleWalk     
http://www.junglewalk.com/
A great directory of animal information with links to animal movies and sound clips.

Animal Pictures Archive  
sounds, videos, images and clip art
http://animalpicturesarchive.com

Bird Songs of New York State Birds   
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~tony/birds/
The songs and drawings of New York State Birds.

CalPhotos
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/

Electronic Zoo  
(this is an old site and there are many dead links)
http://netvet.wustl.edu/sii.htm

Smithsonian Institution Photos 
difficult to use and need permission to use photos
http://photo2.si.edu

Forestry Images
http://www.forestryimages.org/

Sounds of the World's Animals
http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/

Hinterland Who's Who   
animals found in Canada
http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/eng_ind.html

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