Bagheera
Bagheera.com: The Gray Whale
This information about the endangered gray whale covers their range, history, and the many causes for endangerment. There is also quite a bit of information about the conservation effort surrounding these animals.
Read Works
Read Works: Elephant Tales
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining how elephants communicate. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Living on the Edge
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about four endangered mammals: the golden-crowned sifaka, the long-beaked echidna, the red panda, and the Saiga antelope. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...
Read Works
Read Works: Traveling Turtles
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text that asks the reader to make predictions about the lives of loggerhead sea turtles. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Bees Use Drugs? Evidence of Self Medication
There has been documented evidence that honey bees increase their foraging of antibiotic plant resins when under stress from fungal pathogens. Could more access to certain plants provide some solutions for decreasing bee populations?
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Science: Biodiversity and Conservation: Chapter Test Practice
Take this fifteen question practice assessment to review the concepts of biological diversity and conservation.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo: White Cheeked Gibbon
This resource is a great tool for research on the White-cheeked Gibbon. Information that is offered is on the Gibbon's physical description, its habitat, its niche, and its life history.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Margay
The Margay is a nocturnal feline that lives in Mexico and South America. The content of this source includes a look at this species' life cycle, habitat, characteristics, range, behavior. and diet.
BBC
Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Western Gorilla
This resource provides information about the western gorilla.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo: Western Lowland Gorilla
Use this site for information on the Western Lowland Gorilla. The information consists of special adaptations the gorilla has had to make, what it looks like, where it is found in the wild, what it likes to eats, and what its...
Globio
Glossopedia: Conservation
Conservation concepts are explained and illustrated within the context of the global community.
PBS
Pbs Nature: Orangutans
Come and check out this awesome resource on orangutans. Students who need help narrowing their informational search will benefit from this clear and concise resource.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Natural History Notebooks
This site from the Canadian Museum of Nature, a natural history museum, provides short information blurbs and fun facts on over 240 different common animals categorized by type (mammals, fish, reptiles, invertebrates, amphibians,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Now You See It
Students are asked to identify ways to help these endangered or threatened species.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Science for Kids: Savanna Grasslands Biome
Kids learn about the savanna grasslands biome. This tropical ecosystem is full of large herbivores like zebras, giraffes, and wildebeests.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Pandas
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses pandas, their origins, captivity and breeding as well as their endangered status. Maps, web links and student assessment activities are included.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Western Swamp Tortoise
Use this site to the facts about an endangered Australian tortoise called the Western Swamp Tortoise.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Red Wolf
On this website, students can learn about the Red Wolf. Find some information about this endangered predator of the eastern United States lives and hunts in packs.
US Fish and Wildlife Service
U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service: Listed Species Believed to or Known to Occur in Each State
This page was created for quick access to pages that offer the most recent fact sheets, life history, and regulatory information for different animal species. Choose a state in the list to find a listing of animal species, and follow...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Endangered Animals for Kids: How They Become Extinct
How do endangered species and animals become extinct? Hunting, pollution, loss of habitat, and introduced species all play a part and are discussed on this site.