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Life Sciences: Zoology

National Geographic Animals A-to-Z Encyclopedia type entries for hundres of animals along with photos, fast-facts, and videos for some.

WWW link Tiger Adventure Games - interactive games appropriate for kids age 10 and higher. 1) TIGER ON THE LOOSE - help the police track and identify a tiger which has escaped from the airport customs office; 2) ZOO TIGER - design and build a zoo exhibit to house a tiger; 3) SAVE THE TIGER! - Take the Jambi challenge to see if you know the genetics of breeding tigers; 4) TRACKING THE TIGER TRADE - capture tiger poachers, then follow the tiger parts to their destination; 5) SURVIVE! - You are a Bengal tiger. Can you survive in the wild?

WWW pic Animal Photograph Collection with over 20,000 wildlife slides of more than 700 animal species.

North American Mammals - from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

exZOOberance - a Virtual zoo that has pictures and encyclopedia-type entries of many animals.

Enature.com is a great website for plant and animal facts. Put out by the National Audobon Society, it has information and photos on more than 4800 species of plants and animals.

Animal Diversity on the Web - An encyclopedia of information that can be searched by animal, kingdom, area, etc. From The University of Michigan - Museum of Zoology

Yahoo Kids list of Animal links

Natural History Notebooks has answers to questions and lots of other amazing facts about 260 animal species.

National Wildlife - An excellent resource. It has maps, pictures, texts, and links to other sites.

MiningCo.com - links on Animals

Jack Hannah's Animal Adventures features stories of animals that go along with his TV show.

Kratt's Creature World (PBS TV show) - featured animals from the continents and oceans of the world.