Miscellaneous Creatures

Just about all the animal sounds in the world may be found at: http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/

For Kids, find coloring pages, stories, and fun facts about living things (which is what biology is all about) on this page from USGS Biological Resources. http://biology.usgs.gov/features/kidscorner/kidscrnr.html

U.S. National Park Service Information Center - all about the plants and animals found in our national parks. http://ice.ucdavis.edu/nps/

Switcheroo Zoo - create new, strange creatures of your own using the heads, legs, and tails of different animals at this virtual zoo. http://www.switchzoo.com/

Skulls & Skeletons - come see what the bones of your favorite animal look like. http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/skeletons/index.htm

"Shape of Life" (from PBS) tells the story of the great diversity of animal life on earth. Includes pictures, activities, and career questions and answers with biologists and paleontologists. http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/ OUTSTANDING!

Help National Geographic investigate weird sightings of animals in amazing places around the world. Use their cool map orientation tool to help. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/rwa/

From Canada, "Prehistoric Life" offers some fantastic insight into creatures that walked the earth centuries ago. http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/prehispg.htm

PBS' site "Inside the Animal Mind" offers a wealth of information about the thoughts and emotions of our animal friends at: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/animalmind/

Learn about the various names of female, male and baby animals at: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/animals/Animalbabies.shtml

Kids.com has another great site for children with games, stories and a multitude of information about animals. http://www.kidscom.com/games/animal/animal.html

From PBS, Kratt's Creature Corner. Great for kids! http://www.pbs.org/kratts/

Do you have an unusual story? Have you seen unusual behaviour in animals? Do you have any interesting wildlife photographs or video? Let us know and you could be seeing your work on wild channel. http://www.wildchannel.com/index.htm

Think Quest brings you a student site about the "weirdest" animals on the planet at: http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=5801&cid=2&url=5801/