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- Sci-Spy - Offers investigations, factsheets, videos, and quizzes for a variety of science topics.
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- Enchanted Learning: All About Mammals - Explains what mammals are, how they are different and alike, where they live, what they eat, and the range of sizes.
- National Geographic: Mammals - Provides descriptions, pictures, and sounds of various species.
- KidZone: All About Mammals - Tells what makes an animal a mammal, including pictures and different species.
- The Mammal Society - Furnishes fact sheets and information about mammals of the British Isles.
- Comparative Mammalian Brain Collection - Teaches about how mammal brains are different and the same, including evolution, development, and function.
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Bears
- American Bear.org: Cubs Corner - For Kids - Tells bear facts, answers kids' common questions, and explains animal tracks. Includes games, puzzles, and quizzes.
- Get Bear Smart Society: North America's Bears - Examines species, differences, characteristics, behavior, communication, diet, habitat, reproduction, and myths.
- Vanishing in the Wild: Malayan Sun Bear - Explains why this animal is endangered, its description and history, and conservation actions.
- The Wild Ones: Spectacled Bear - Details include appearance, range, habitat, breeding program, and threats to survival.
- National Geographic: Sloth Bear - Presents map of range, profile, fast facts, gallery, and printable factsheet.
- National Geographic: Sun Bear - Offers range map, profile, fast facts, sound clip, gallery, and factsheet.
- Spectacled Bear - National Geographic gives profile, sound clip, gallery, fast facts, and range map.
- Great Bear Foundation: Sloth Bear - Information includes family life, habitat, distribution, color, size, features, diet, behavior, and history with people.
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- ThinkQuest: Black Bear - Powerful Predators Project reviews appearance, diet, habitat, society, hunting, location, behavior, and lifespan. Includes pictures, quiz, and games.
- National Geographic: Black Bear - Provides map of range, fast facts, habitat, diet, territories, activity, gallery, sound clip and printable version of factsheet.
- Black Bears - Teaches about distribution, behavior, range, diet, management, and threats in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
- BCAdventure.com: Black Bears - Provides description, distribution in British Columbia, biology, and tracks.
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Brown
- National Geographic: Grizzly Bear - Offers photographs, facts, video, eating habits, hibernation, predators, and map of their range.
- ThinkQuest: Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) - World Endangered Species project includes where they live, what they look like, hibernation, status, threats, and map of range.
- Brown Bear - National Geographic details include map of range, fast facts, sound clip, profile, video, and gallery.
- BCAdventure.com: Grizzly Bear - Information includes description, distribution in the province, biology, and tracks.
- Brown Bear - Information from Bear Planet includes range, colors, sub-species, reproduction, characteristics, family life, and general facts.
- Bear Planet: Kodiak Bear - Describes this Brown Bear sub-species, including appearance, diet, general facts, pictures, and hibernation.
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Panda
- The Wild Ones: Giant Panda - Tells about appearance, habits, habitat, diet, and threats to survival.
- ThinkQuest: Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) - Describes locations, habitat, appearance, behavior, cubs, diet, status, threats, and protections. From World Endangered Species project.
- Bear Planet: Panda Bear - Explains what they look like, habitat and range, diet, breeding habits, risks in the wild, and general facts.
- Great Bear Foundation: Panda Bear (Ailuropoda melanoluca) - Presents habitat, distribution, colors, size, features, diet, behavior, and interaction with people.
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- SeaWorld.org: Polar Bears - InfoBook details classification, habitat and distribution, characteristics, sense, adaptations, communication, behavior, diet and eating habits, and reproduction.
- Polar Bears International: Bear Facts - Discusses conservation, myths, hibernation, bathing habits, status report, threats in the wild, and bears at the zoo.
- KidZone: The Polar Bear - Offers pictures, puzzles, and crafts to learn about diet, habitat, size, fur, feet, and threats.
- ThinkQuest: Polar Bears - Gives relatives, behavior, fur, size, where they live, how they hunt, and what they eat.
- Polar Bear - Information from National Geographic covers map of range, fast facts, profile, gallery, sound clip, and video.
- Bear Planet: Polar Bears - Describes history, appearance, cubs, hunting, diet, mystic and spiritual beliefs, and general facts.
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- Bighorn Sheep - DesertUSA article explains range, vital statistics, curious facts, related species, description, behavior, and conservation.
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Cats
- Big Cats Online - Discusses appearance, distribution, behavior, and conservation, including links to more information on particular species.
- Feline Conservation Society - Describes resident species with links to more information, recent births, events, and projects.
- National Zoo: Great Cats - Tells about cats at the zoo, nutrition and exams, habitat changes, new cubs, and conservation efforts. Includes tiger video, gallery, and cat facts.
- Bear Country: Canadian Lynx - Information about this wild cat includes size, breeding habits, habitat, diet, lifespan, and life cycle.
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Bobcats
- ThinkQuest: Bobcats - Explains appearance, location, habitat, diet, society, hunting, cubs, behavior, and lifespan. Powerful Predators project includes quizzes and games.
- DesertUSA: Bobcat - Offers habitat, description, habits, life cycle, and current status.
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Cheetahs
- San Diego Zoo: Cheetah - Basic facts include range, habitat, speed, diet, hearing, social life, and conservation efforts.
- African Wildlife Foundation: Cheetah - Covers physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, and threats. Includes photos, quick facts, and facts.
- ThinkQuest: Cheetahs - From Powerful Predators project, details include description, diet, location, habitat, hunting, young, society, behavior, games, quizzes, and puzzle.
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Jaguars
- The Wild Ones: Jaguar - Describes appearance, size, diet, habitat in the Americas, and conservation status. Includes pictures and sound clip.
- ThinkQuest: Jaguars - Powerful Predators project tells about hunting, young, diet, lifespan, habitat and location, and description. Includes quizzes and games.
- DesertUSA: Jaguars on the Fence - Covers habitats, ranges, major threats, and current status, as well as risks to endangered desert species from a border fence.
- National Geographic: Jaguar - Offers map of range, fast facts, video, distribution history, folklore, behavior, appearance, social habits, video, printable sheet, and sound clip of this endangered cat.
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Leopards
- African Wildlife Foundation: Leopard - Describes appearance, where they live, how they behave, what they eat, and threats. Includes quick facts, and pictures.
- ThinkQuest: Leopard (Panthera pardus) - The Living Africa project gives appearance, general locations, habitat, behavior, social systems, and reproduction.
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Lions
- African Wildlife Foundation: Lion - Tells what they look like, where they live, what they eat, and threats they face. Includes quick facts and pictures.
- ThinkQuest: Lion (Panthera leo) - Describes size, color, locations, habitat, hunting, behavior, prides, and reproduction.
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Cervids
- Deer: Family Cervidae - Animal Diversity describes the members of this familiy, appearances, behaviors, diet, habitats, habits, and history.
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Caribou
- Caribou - Describes appearance, distribution in British Columbia, diet, breeding, and tracks. From BCAdventure.
- NatureWorks: Caribou - Offers classification, characteristics, range, habitat, diet, life cycle, and behavior.
- ThinkQuest: Caribou - School project provides characteristics and physical features, relationship to reindeer, digestive process, and general facts.
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Elk
- Elk or Wapiti - DesertUSA gives explanation of name, description, range, habitat, and habits, including diet, mating, and risks in the wild.
- All About Elk - Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation tells about history, physical appearance, range, habitat, risks in the wild, managing and sharing habitat, and fast facts.
- National Geographic: Elk - Offers description, range map, profile, fast facts, sound clip, and video.
- Bear Country: Elk - Details include size, breeding, habits, diet, lifespan, and life cycle.
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Moose
- Moose - Nature Works presents classification, characteristics, habitat, diet, life cycle, and behavior.
- Mooseworld - Details moose facts, biology, galleries, and conservation.
- Moose (Alces alces) - Provides description, range and distribution, breeding and lifestyle, diet and food habits, and habitat management.
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White-tailed Deer
- NatureWorks: White-tailed Deer - Information includes classification, characteristics, range, habitat, diet, life cycle, and behavior.
- Interesting Facts About White-tailed Deer - Buck Manager.com describes managing deer and habitats, including nutrition, overpopulation, predators, and links to additional articles.
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Chiroptera
- Bats4Kids.org - Tells where they live, what they eat, myths, how they help people, and what echolocation is. Includes games, projects, and a quiz.
- Bats in the Desert Southwest - Offers classification, range, related species, description, habitat, breeding, and conservation information.
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Dogs
- ThinkQuest: Dog Facts - Gives a dictionary of breeds, quizzes and activities, games and puzzles, Internet project, photographs, and interesting facts.
- LookD.com: The Dog - Offers life history, anatomy, breeds, evolution, and famous historical dogs.
- The Wild Ones: Dingo - Short article tells about their origin in Australia, conflicts with humans, and role in the ecosystem.
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Foxes
- The Wild Ones: Swift Fox - Discusses its size, range, threats, and conservation efforts.
- OzFoxes.com: All About Foxes - Explains taxonomy, appearance, family life, diet, and includes FAQs.
- Enchanted Learning: Foxes - Includes Red Fox printout to color, description, names, anatomy, and diet information.
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Arctic
- ThinkQuest: Arctic Foxes - Looks at name, size, coloring, hunting, enemies, appearance, locations, and pups.
- Animal Diversity: Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus) - Tells about classification, range, habitat, food habits, behavior, and conservation status.
- NatureWorks: Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) - Explains taxonomy, size and appearance, locations, habitat, food habits, breeding, migration, and groups. Includes photographs.
- Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) - Arctic Studies Center presents brief description, food habits, behavior, and reproduction information.
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Gray
- DesertUSA: The Gray Fox - Describes range, habitat, appearance, and lifestyle. Includes a movie.
- Nature Works: Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) - Provides pictures, taxonomy, appearance and coloring, locations, preferred habitats, hunting and diet, mating season, and behavior information.
- Animal Diversity: Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) - Information includes geographic range, habitat and biomes, reproduction, lifespan, behavior, and communication.
- Gray Fox - National Trappers Association explains habitats, appearance, habits, and general facts.
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Red
- ThinkQuest: All About Red Foxes - Tells about relatives, size, colors, babies, mating, special features, diet, predators, and dens.
- Fox Forest - Offers information about the red fox, including growing up, natural dangers, characteristics, food, fur, and wildlife rescue.
- Animal Diversity: Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) - Presents range, habitat, description, lifespan, behavior, food habits, and conservation status.
- National Trappers Association: Red Fox - Details include distribution, markings, fur colors, mating, hunting, growing up, and general facts.
- NatureWorks: Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) - Covers images, classification, appearance, world locations, habitat, diet and food storage, mating and litters, and behavior details.
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Wolves
- Animal Corner: Wolf Species - Lists Latin names, habitats, and threats for various species and sub-species.
- Wolf Country: Wolf Species - Provides classification and links to information on species in North America, and Europe and Asia.
- The Wild Ones: Maned Wolf - Details include appearance, adaptations, range and habitat, threats to survival, behavior, and cultural importance.
- Desert USA: Mexican Gray Wolf - Explains this sub-species' history, range, habits and habitat, diet, size, and life cycle.
- Bear Country: Timber Wolf - Provides facts about size, breeding, lifestyle, life cycle, and threats to their survival.
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- The Wild Ones: Gray Wolf - Details appearance, habits and reproductive cycle, range, habitat, threats, and diet.
- Gray Wolf (Canis Lupus) - US Fish and Wildlife gives history, social life, territories, conflicts with humans, and endangered status.
- ThinkQuest: Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) - Lists previous and current locations, physical characteristics, packs, breeding, diet, status, threats, and range map.
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Red
- The Wild Ones: Red Wolf - Offers colors, size, diet, habitat, habits and reproduction, and threats to survival.
- ThinkQuest: Red Wolves - Elementary project explains status, population, breeding programs, and released animals.
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Elephants
- Vanishing in the Wild: The Elephant - Describes why the elephant is vanishing, as well as African and Asian species appearances, their importance in the ecosystem, behaviors, and interaction with humans.
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- The Wild Ones: Asian Elephants - Gives sub-species, physical characteristics, adaptations, diet, language, range and habitat, and threats to survival.
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- Wild Burro - Includes range, habitat, description, habits, life cycle, special programs, and pictures from DesertUSA.
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Horses
- Nature: Horses - From the PBS program, tells what it is, horsepower, riding to freedom, videos, and puzzles and fun.
- HorseFun - Includes quizzes, puzzles, stories, facts, and a hidden horse page.
- Horse Facts - Interesting Facts About Horses - Teaches about the first horse, when people started taming them, how many horse breeds exist, colors, gaits, and diet.
- University of Arkansas: Top Ten Facts About Horses - Explains how they drink, thoroughbreds' birthdays, and the difference between a pony and a horse.
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Cetaceans
- Desert Cetaceans - Includes description, diet, habitat and range, and breeding information for various marine mammals.
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Otters
- River Otter - Tells about size, coloring, personality, range, habitat, diet, life-cycle, and contribution to the environment. From DesertUSA.com.
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Raccoons
- Raccoons - BCAdventure.com explains what they look like, where they live in this province, their biology, and tracks.
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Biomes
- What's It Like Where You Live? - Information about various habitats in different parts of the world. With photos and related resource links.
- Biomes - Overview of the biome concept with images and information on the different biome types.
- Amazon Interactive - Educational website featuring an ecotourism simulation game and information on the Ecuadorian Amazon geography and biotic community.
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Geology
- Mineralogy 4 Kids - Learning resources focusing on mineral groups, mineral properties, and crystals. With mineral-themed games.
- Geologic and Paleontologic Cook Book - Geological teaching and learning resource for K-16 students.
- Earth Like a Puzzle - Information about Earth's plate tectonics, quakes, and volcanoes.
- Earth Floor - Collection of brief articles about plate tectonics, spheres, diversity, adaptation, and biomes on the Earth floor.
- The Dynamic Earth - Interactive presentation exploring the forces that formed and continually shape the Earth and other members of the solar system.
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Caves
- The Desert Caves Project - Features cave reports, picture galleries, and maps of Saudi Arabia's caves. With a bulletin board.
- The Virtual Cave - Gallery of cave images taken by a veteran photographer. Features solution, lava tube, erosional, glacier, and sea caves.
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Earthquakes
- Earthquakes for Kids - Presents science fair project ideas, animations, puzzles and games, trivia, and updates on recent earthquakes.
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Glaciers and Ice Mass
- All About Glaciers - Presents glacier facts, answers to typically asked questions, and a gallery of glacier photos.
- Ice Age Online - Section of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science website featuring Ice Age life and times. Includes coloring pages for kids.
- The Last Ice Age - Slide show offering illustrations of and information on a number of Ice Age creatures.
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Tsunamis
- Pacific Tsunami Museum - Features tsunami stories and videos, news and updates, map, and student resources.
- Wave that Shook the World - Answers to tsunami-related questions, interactive online features, and learning resources for students and teachers.
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Volcanoes
- Cascades Volcano Observatory - Site presents volcano news, activity updates, special features, assessment reports, and maps.
- Interactives: Volcanoes - Background information on volcanoes with answers to the question on whether or not the prediction of volcano eruption is possible.
- Volcanoes Online - Site features a volcanic database, games and comics, information on plate tectonics, and teaching resources.
- Heptune Volcano Photographs - Set of photos presenting volcanic sites from Hawaii and Indonesia.
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Natural Disasters
- Forces of Nature - National Geographic presentation on volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Includes maps, photos, and videos.
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