Biomes and the
Animal Kingdom

 

ANIMALS
Oakland Zoo Animals A to Z
   
Provides the basic facts about animals found at the zoo.

San Diego Zoo
    Contains information about animals, sound bytes, and live cam shots.

eNature.com
   
Contains online field guides for the animal kingdom, trees, wildflowers, and native
    plants.

Yahoo! Kids Animals
   
Contains field guides for mammals, fishes, insects, birds, amphibians, and reptiles.

All About Birds  (Cornell Lab on Ornithology)
   
Provides description, distribution map, sound, and picture.

Animal Diversity Web
   
Covers mammals, birds, arthropods, amphibians, reptiles, sharks, bony
    fishes, and other animals.

Mammal Species of the World
   
Contains the names of the 4,629 currently recognized species of mammals.

Rainforest-Australia
   
Contains information on the animals and plants of the rainforest.

Woodland Park Zoo
    Animal facts provided by the Woodland Park Zoo.

Enchanted Learning
   
Provides information about the rain forests.

Searchasaurus
    Click on Searchasaurus.  Click on Encyclopedia of Animals.

North American Mammals
    Database of living mammal in North America (Smithsonian Institute).

National Geographic's Animals
    Contains animal information, audio and video, and photo galleries.

Britannica Online
    Online encyclopedia.

 

BIOMES
Biomes-Habitats
   
Provides information on the desert, tundra, taiga, temperate forest, grassland, and rain  
    forest.  Includes basic information about the climate, plant, and animal life.

Earth Floor: Biomes
    Contains information on different biomes around the world.

The World's Biomes
    Provides detailed information about biomes.

Biomes of Earth
    Provides an introduction to the biomes.

 


Print Resources

*Be sure to use the Animal Encyclopedias. 

*Remember to use the index.

 

ã2003-2008
Created by: Michelle J. Marhefka
Created:  October 3, 2003
Updated: January 3, 2008