Who doesn't want to know more about the mysterious dinosaurs? Learners read about dinosaurs and the process scientists use to continue learning more about the animals in an interview-type format. A paleontologist responds to submitted...

Indiana University provides this resource for investigating careers in animal behaviors. Features training requirements, general sources for employment, list of additional resources, and institutions offering degreed programs.

At this site click on the pictures to find out about an animal community in Africa. Think about how animal communities are like your community. Think about how are they different.

Vocational article about working as an animal trainer for both wild and domestic animals.

Venture into the minds of animals and explore their intelligence and emotions. Listen to the experts, play activities, and participate in an online poll.

Explore the great variety of animal behaviors by observing them in their natural habitats, and examine the relationship between people, animals and the environment.

In this lesson plan site, students will investigate what animal adaptations are and how animals are adapted to where they live. A four-step process guides the students in their investigation.

Comprehensive reference overview of the mountain goat, with information about physical characteristics, geographic range, diet, reproduction, behavior, and habitat.

In this WILD TV segment, a photographer helps find homes for animals up for adoption.

This comprehensive resource provides photos and animal fact sheets that list special adaptations for a wide variety of animals. See some animals with their young.

This video segment from NOVA: "Sea Behind the Dunes" tracks the return of spawning alewife fish from the open ocean back to the freshwater streams and ponds where they were born. [3:34]

This comprehensive site describes how communication is an adaptation that is important for survival.

Interesting site on the "Follow the Leader" instinct that can be found in animals. Livestock will follow the leader, and handlers have taken advantage of this natural behavior to move animals easily.

Discover what you need to know about what makes an animal wild, including the time and energy it takes to keep a wild animal, well, wild.

Learn how SeaWorld trains its marine animals.

In this short Nature video, experience the environment of Cloud, a four-year old horse living in the wild. This is one in a series of three videos about Cloud. [2:23]

What do you need to survive? Food, water, shelter? Animals need the same things and they live in places that can provide them. This informative site looks at the characteristics, range, habitat, food, reproduction and behavior of the red...

Students explore the diversity of lizards in terms of characteristics, behavior, and habitat. Activities feature five species of lizards and their special body structures needed for survival.

This two-part video series explores how females and males relate to each other in the animal kingdom. It shows how the strategies that males and females use to attract each other impact on the evolution of a species.

This video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explores honeybee communication and navigation. [4:45]

An interesting look at the structural and behavioral adaptations of the penguin. Neat penguin facts are included at the end of the site.

This general site defines adaptation and sites examples of some of the best examples of adaptation found in the animal world. Related articles are found at the bottom of this site.

This resource takes an exploratory look at the lion. Content includes information on this animal's physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, caring for the young, predators, and more.

In this science fair project, use Google Earth to determine if large mammals align themselves in respect to the earth's magnetic field. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and...