Animal PlanetReturn to topDiscovery Channel site highlights featured species, programs, live animal cams, "Creature of the Week", pet guides, and general animal news.
Exotic Animals: Care and Conservation
Information on exotic animals in captivity and conservation programs for exotic animals in the wild. Links to endangered species, zoos and aquariums, environment resources, and ideas for things you can do to help.
Virtual zoo, animal photo gallery, animal news, animal web cams, animal quotes, and links to zoos, aquariums, and other animal sites.
The Exploratorium presents an online exhibition exploring the amazing, adaptable frog.
Brookfield Zoo and the Illinois State Museum present this website to provide online access to museum and zoo collections, data, and expertise.
Learn lots of interesting facts on environmental education from one of the largest wildlife organizations.
This site, maintained by the World Wildlife Fund, contains information on ecosystems throughout the world with some remarkable animals and their strange behaviors.
Wildlife Conservation Society's Education Site
Learn more about wildlife and about the many ways WCS's educators can lead you into the world of nature.
Information about Wild Animals in their native ecosystems.
Sponsors conservation programs all over the world which explore biodiversity and human interactions with the ecosystems on Earth. Search through field notes and conservation projects to learn more.
See photos and facts about all your favorite animals. Links for students, teachers, and parents. Click on a letter to start your search.
The Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology sponsors this informative site about birds. Click on the Bird of the Week to see detailed information, or check out the archived selection of past birds studied.
Information including appearance, habitat, habits, and characteristics.
This site has pictures, descriptions, habits, links, organizations, etc. all about owls.
Watch the wild songbirds in your backyard and learn to create birdhouses, birdbaths, and feeders to enhance their environment.
Students observe the Ruby-throated Hummingbird in their communities and share information with peers across North and Central America. Data collected is submitted, analyzed, and then made available through this web site.
Watch and listen as a pair of Northern Barred Owls raise their young in Massachusetts over a period of several years.
Owls have held others in fascination for generations. This site gives a wealth of factual information, with photos, sounds, and descriptions of many types, as well as stories of owls in myths and legends with pictures, artwork and statues of owls.
Enature.com brings us photos and information about a number of different kinds of owls.
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Bugs, Insects and Small Creatures
Characteristics, books, clipart, projects, activities, crafts, lessons- everything about snails is here.
Insects play a major role in almost every aspect of human culture. Learn about butterfly wing patterns, and informative descriptions about all kinds of insects.
See pictures and info on caterpillars, moths and butterflies.
Photos and information on insects from the Tree of Life Web Project.
Study the spring migration habits of the Monarch butterfly with this well-established online project.
Observing the Life Cycle of a Butterfly (K-2)
Science NetLinks offers this lesson plan to help students observe and identify the life cycle of a butterfly.
Monarch Butterfly
Lots of seasonal resources to help learn all about the Monarch from migration to tagging, from rearing to researching them.
Networks of plants and animals depend upon one another for survival. Discover how spiders keep their ecosystem going in backyard islands you create yourself.
All about worms and how they recycle. Find out about how to make your own worm composting bins.
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Site explains various types of plastics, commonly used terms, how plastic is separated, and which can be recycled.
California Natural Resources Page
Contains links to amphibians and reptiles, birds, geology and earth science, marine life, science fairs, and weather.
Kids for Conservation provides this link to educate students about possible careers in environmental work with natural resources.
Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
Includes 5 research and educational institutions including Columbia University, the American Museum of Natural History, the New York Botanical Garden, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and Wildlife Trust., all committed to lowering the human impact on the planet's ecosystems.
Learn how to make every day Earth Day to help others become advocates and protectors of the world's resources.
Environmental Science Education & Wildlife Rescue Center devoted to the rescue and rehabilitation of exotic wildlife. Located in the Los Angeles area, this center provides a learning adventure for students and families.
Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Environment
This site covers a range of atmospheric issues, including air quality, acid rain, global warming and ozone depletion.
Students are invited to look at issues surrounding global warming.
EPA Region 7 Environmental Kids Page
Includes links to acid rain, climate control, composting, endangered species and wildlife, and energy, as well as others.
EE activities, environmental information and art for students in middle and high school. Information on careers and internships, awards programs, and environmental club projects can also be found here.
Garbage: How Can my Community Reduce Waste?
Information on trash, solid waste, hazardous waste, sewage, and their affects on the environment with ideas of what you can do to reduce waste.
GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment)
GLOBE involves students from over 80 countries in collecting local environmental data.
Sponsored by YES! (Youth for Environmental Sanity), this manual contains information about how to make your school's campus environmentally friendly.
This award winning, innovative site promotes recycling through art. Visit this site and meet Trashasaurus Rex!
Back issues of this conservation magazine for kids, ages 5- 13 from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources are archived at this site.
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Environmental information, games, puzzles for students, career development opportunities, teaching materials, information on hazardous waste disposal, and environmental household practices.
The North American Association for Environmental Education
Network of professionals and students working to improve the environment throughout North America and in over 55 countries around the world.
Activities and tips for cleaner air from the Clean Air Coalition of Southeast Michigan (SEMCOG).
Here is an easy way to learn about the three R's - reduce, reuse and recycle. Designed primarily for middle-school students, this site demonstrates how individuals, schools, businesses, and communities can work together to help cut waste.
Smithsonian Environmental Studies
Many resources are found here, but be sure to check the ecosystem links.
Learn how the EPA works to clean up polluted and toxic waste areas.
Students uncover the truth behind the headlines in science news. Visit the Environmental subsite under "More Stories" for topics from Air Pollution to Wildfires. Click "Cool Science Images" to see pictures and explanations of scientific phenomena at work in our world.
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Ask Jeeves Kids
Click on the Teacher or Student links to find out about grasslands, temperate desciduous forests, and deserts.
The National Wildlife Federation offers some guidelines to help you evaluate your backyard habitat by assessing your yard, providing the four basic elements, and practicing resource management. You can even certify your backyard for a nominal fee.
The Evergreen Project looks at rainforest, tundra, taigra, desert, temperate, grassland, and freshwater biomes of the world.
A good introduction to the tundra, rainforest, desert and grassland biomes.
Ecosystems from the Evergreen Project
Look at rivers and streams, ponds and lakes, and wetland ecosystems. Links to WebQuests on freshwater ecosystems with more info coming.
Ecosystem Links on the Internet
EPA lists resources on ecosystems, the relationship between ecological communities and their physical environments.
Learn about the upland, freshwater, and marine ecosystems in Florida.
Nature Watch provides quality hands-on educational programs, activities, and projects for environmental education including ecology, animals, and ecosystems.
Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World
The National Geographic Society has mapped 867 land-based ecoregions across the world, each sharing a particular ecological feature, climate, plant and animal community for you to explore.
When Will the Wildflowers Bloom?
From late February through March, you can find blossoms on the desert floors. Click on Desert Wildflower Watch for updates in state and national parks.
Wild About Illinois Organisms and Ecosystems
A marvelous resource with facts and info on over 18 animals, birds, and insects found in Illinois. Find links to prairie and water ecosystems, info on fungi, fish and trees.
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This is the place to start if you are wanting to find out more about endangered and threatened species throughout the world.
Endangered! Exploring a World at Risk
Take a virtual expedition through a world of endangered species or endangered habitats.
This group represents over 400 organizations who support stronger protection for threatened and endangered species throughout the United States. Check out the facts and resources links for more.
Wildlife Australia encourages you to check out the information and resources including all the ways you can help threatened and endangered species in the Green Kids Guide and The Green Consumer's Guide.
World Wildlife Fund Endangered Wildlife
This site hosts information about endangered and threatened species, and offers ideas of things you can do to help.
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Photographs of marine life with links to coral reef ecosystems with loads of facts and information.
Many resources here all about sharks, from photos, to facts, to information on planned dives, to gifts.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Splash Zone for Kids
Resources for students and teachers on marine life including photographs.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
This organization is dedicated to the conservation and management of fish, wildlife, and plant resources, and the habitats on which they depend. It's primary goals are species conservation, habitat protection, environmental education, natural resources management, habitat and ecosystem rehabilitation and restoration.
The Ocean Alliance/Whale Conservation Institute is dedicated to the conservation of whales and their ocean environment through research and education.
Informative page contains links to radiolarians, marine biodiversity, food webs, sea otters and the deep sea.
Learn how sea turtles adapt to their environment despite threats to their Florida coastal habitat.
An ongoing three-year scientific voyage to study whales and the health of the world's oceans. Follow its journeys to help promote ocean conservation.
Dolphins, whales and manatees abound at this site for marine mammal enthusiasts which includes photos, education links, and adoption kits.
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Investigate the Amazon rainforest as you journey through this interactive site.
Learn about the children of the Amazon and their environment through games, projects and information.
The Exploratorium presents an online exhibition exploring the amazing, adaptable frog.
Photo-Journey Through a Costa Rican Rainforest
Here is a diary of a day spent in the rain forest of Costa Rica.
Here's the homepage for rainforest information. Find out about the facts, people, animals, questions and answers.
Hosts many ecology projects and conservation programs. Many good rainforest links are found here.
An excellent overview of a wide variety of facts concerning rainforests from Raintree Nutrition, Inc.
Rainforest info from Australia. This site includes research on deep ecology, a children's rainforest link, conservation projects, and a "good wood guide".
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EPA Office of Water Kids' Pages
A listing of water related educational activities (including ground and drinking water, wetlands, nonpoint source pollution, and marine debris curriculum) provided by the EPA.
This site's water theme includes the Rivers Amazon, Ganges and Nile, data on river lengths, sources, ages of rivers, floods, presented by Snaith Primary School, UK.
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