Bear Lake County Library District

All about Apes
Learn more about the gorilla, chimpanzee, orangutan, gibbon, and others at this interesting site.

All About Birds
Migration, feathers and bird extremes: biggest, fastest, strongest and oldest.

All about Nature: Animal Printouts
Appropriate for younger children, this site offers basic information about many animals,. There are also pictures to print out and color.

Amazing Picture Gallery
Image search tools.  Find pictures of animals.

Animal Bytes
Learn all about animals with fun facts, photos, sound clips, and videos from the San Diego Zoo.

Animal Diversity Web
General information about all genres of the animal kingdom, from mammals to reptiles.

Animal Guides
Find out the answers to these and many other questions about your favorite animals. Search by letter of the alphabet below or by animal category.

Animal Info
From the Happy Hollow Park and Zoo in San Jose, California, this site has detailed fact sheets, including pictures and maps for mammals, reptiles and birds. 

Animal Omnibus
A list of Web sources indexed by the name of the animal. The Animal Omnibus began as part of the website of the City of Birmingham Zoo in Birmingham, Alabama.

Animal Photos
From the National Zoo and the Smithsonian Institute, this site provides printable and clickable pictures of animals.

Animals: Amazing Animal Facts
From the World Almanac for Kids,  this site includes games, quizzes, reference, and homework help.

Animals: Group Names
What do you call a group of ants or kangaroos? Find out here.

Animal Info - - Information on Rare, Threatened and Endangered Mammals
information about each endangered animal, including habitat, diet, behavior, threats and reasons for decline.

AntBoy's Bug World!
Brief descriptions of different times of insects, along with links to related sites.

Arctic Wildlife Portfolio
Learn all about the birds fish and animals at the Arctic Circle and how they adapt to the cold.

AVMA Care for Pets
From the American Veterinary Medical Association. This site discusses animal health, buying a pet, animal safety, about veterinarians, and a kid's corner with special activities.

The Bear Den
Here you can learn about bears and what zoos are doing to protect and conserve them.

Bug Club for Young Entomologists
Great introduction to insects. Bug identification steps, bugs as pets, and more.

CalPhotos: Animals
More than 2500 pictures of animals. You can search by animals from a certain country or US state.

Canadian Wildlife Service: Hinterland Who's Who
Bird and mammal species accounts and other wildlife-related topics from the long-running television series.

Cats! A to Z
From wild to mild, ancient to modern , Photographs and basic statistics about each cat.

Cool Cold Animals
Learn about the animals of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Antarctica, and the Arctic, the cold areas of the world.

Creature Feature
National Geographic for Kids explores elephant fun facts through audio and video clips.

Desert Animals and Wildlife
It is a miracle that life can survive in the extreme conditions of the desert. Learn about reptiles, mammals, birds, fish and amphibians that have adapted and, in fact, thrive in the harsh desert ecosystems.

Eagle Facts
Bald eagle information: history, ecology, folklore, photos, games and more. This site was created for and by elementary students.

The Electronic Zoo
Large collection of animal related internet resources presented in a fun and easy to navigate manner. Includes many links to individual zoo websites.

Elk Facts
Visit this site dedicated to providing interesting information including oodles of facts about elk. Provides details of a variety of interesting facts about elk.

Endangered species Home Page
A site full of information about all kinds of endangered animals.

Entomology for Beginners
Inlcudes insect anatomy, metamorphosis of insects, and more.

FishBase
Learn more about the 25,000 species of fish. You can search by name, family, country and more. For older students.

From Antelopes to Zebras
Learn about the many different animals at the Oregon Zoo!

Kratt's Creatures
This site is produced by PBS for kids. Be sure to check out "Creature World" on the sign post for information and photos of animals by continent.   You must login at this site.

Learn about Wolves
The fascinating world of wolves through pictures, sounds and text!

Lincoln Park Zoo
Read animal fact sheets and learn about the various exhibits. Includes features and news

Livestock Virtual Library
A great resource for anyone looking for information on all varieties and breeds of livestock; from Oklahoma State University.

Mammals
This site has information taken from the Audubon Field Guides on many kinds of mammals. 

Marine Life Learning Center Kid's Corner
Marine life learning center is specialized just for kids! Learn what fish look like, what they eat and how they are cleaned.

Meet the Animals
Meet the many animals at the Oakland zoo.

Meet the animals of the San Antonio Zoo
Meet the San Antonio Zoo Animals. Click on the images  to learn more about our animals.

Mission: Endangered species
From ThinkQuest junior, for grades 4 to 6. Your mission is to learn about some of the many endangered species from ... find out what you can do to help endangered animals and plants around the world.

Natural History Notebooks
From the Canadian Museum of Natural History, this site provides brief information and drawings for almost 250 animals from mammals (like the cougar, hippopotamus or zebra) to reptiles (like the boa constrictor or crocodile). There are also sections about endangered species and prehistoric animals and a map so you can see which animals live where.

Nocturnal Animals
Scroll down for brief information and pictures to print out for almost 100 animals.  Learn which animals are active while you are asleep.

Oregon Zoo
What's happening at the Zoo? Lots of pages of information about animals.

Pacific Northwest Salmon
Learn about the different types of Pacific salmon, their life cycle, how they are threatened, and ways you can help save them.

Pete and Barb's Penguin Pages
Picture and information on the seventeen species of penguins.

Sea World/Busch Gardens: Animal Resources
Quick information or fun facts lots of land and sea animals.

Tracking and Stalking North American Wildlife
Wildlife data sheets including animal tracks for North-American hikers from the Virtual Cub Leader's Handbook

Webwings: Internet Bat Links
Like bats?  Then this is the site for you.

What Animals Live on a Farm?
Very basic information for the youngest student  on pigs, chickens, cows, and sheep.

World Animal Net Directory
The world's largest database of animal protection societies, with over 15000 listings and more than 8000 links to Web Sites. To start a search, select a geographical region in the sidebar or search by category.

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