In this Plum Landing activity, students will write or draw descriptions of where animals live in their neighborhoods. Students can publish their descriptions online.

Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about animal habitats. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.

A nice overview of the reasons why animals need homes as well as different types of homes. Some of the shelters featured include, borrows, hives, dens, nests, and tree hollows.

Use this site to learn how animals use hibernation, adaptation, and migration to overcome the difficulties of winter.

Josephine lives on the Marshall Islands. Follow her to the beach and find out what kinds of plants and animals live there.

Learn fast facts, the physiology, habitats, behaviors and range of the great blue heron.

Learn more about the polar bear when you visit this informative site that features a diagram of the polar bear and information on its diet, habitat, anatomy, reproduction and so on.

Kids learn about birds and their habitats and different types. What makes an animal a bird? How do they fly?

This Smithsonian website has a brief, but thorough, article on the Lemmings that also includes a picture and a quote from naturalist Edward Nelson.