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San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Storks
An in-depth description of storks, including their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts. Also includes pictures, video, and sound bytes.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Bats
An in-depth description of bats, including their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts. Also includes pictures and sound bytes. [1 min, 59 sec]
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Brown Bear
An in-depth description of brown bears, including their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts. Also includes pictures, video, and sound bytes.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Ibis
An in-depth description of ibises, including their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Ladybugs
An in-depth description of ladybugs, including their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Porcupines
An in-depth description of porcupines, including their classification, appearance, habitat, adaptations, reproduction, diet, and other interesting facts.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Lion Facts
The Smithsonian National Zoo provides a detailed lion fact sheet. Content includes a look at the lion's size, geographic distribution, status in the wild, habitat, diet, reproduction, life span, and behavior.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: The Greatest Show on Earth (Starring Some of the World's Smallest Animals)
Teachers can download this teaching package that discusses insects and insect adaptations. Students will enjoy the hands-on activities described in the lessons. Teachers will appreciate the student handouts provided, as well as the list...
Read Works
Read Works: Saving the Animals
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read this passage on helping zoos in war torn Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and then they can answer five questions designed to improve thier skills on drawing conclusiong.
Other
The Belize Zoo: Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles of Belize
This site provides information about the birds which live in the tropical forests of Belize. View photos, watch video clips, or listen to audio clips of each bird.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Bee
Bees fly from flower to flower, sipping nectar and collecting grains of pollen. Bees have a special tongue that sucks up the nectar and a crop in their throat for storing it until they get back to the hive, where it is turned into honey...
Other
The Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
The Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, found just outside of Columbus, Ohio, provides information on all animals found in the zoo, as well as ongoing education programs, and more.
Other
Madrid Zoo
Explore the Madrid Zoo and read in Spanish about a variety of animals. Click on the continents and learn about the typical animals from that region.
Other
Leningrad Zoo (Official Site)
Russian content! Gives detailed information about groups of animals such as mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Also contains many photographs of animals as well as links to other Russian and world zoos. In addition, it offers...
Other
Internet Service Providers Austria: The Online Zoo [Pdf]
This 68-page story book aims to teach children about the Internet and its possible challenges in a playful way. In the Online Zoo, the animals use the internet. During her daily tour around the zoo, Director Elsa discovers that Panda...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Webcams in the Classroom: Animal Inquiry and Observation
Observe animal behavior patterns and their habitats using one of the many webcams broadcasting from zoos and aquariums around the United States and the world in this inquiry-based activity that focuses on observation logs, class...
Other
Artis Zoo
This is the homepage of the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The information in English is accessible by selecting the British flag in the bottom right corner. There are pictures of animals and other information, but it is not in...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Oh Noah!: Games in Videos: Monkey Biz
See what happens when Noah thinks the Spanish word for banana means monkey, and learn the Spanish words for some furniture and zoo animals.
Other
American Zoo and Aquarium Association: Jobs
Listings of jobs available in different zoos and aquariums in America, including veterinary positions.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Healthy Me: Moving at the Zoo
Look at the many different types of animal movement that you can see at the zoo. Book includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Animals: Akira Grows Up
Meet Akira, a Japanese macaque. Learn how a zoo raised her from birth after her mother was unable to care for her until she was finally accepted by the other macaques. Includes audio narration in Spanish and English, with English text.
Chicago Zoological Society
Chicago Zoological Society: Zoo Explorer: Lowland Tapir
Learn all about the lowland tapir by browsing this reference from the Brookfield Zoo. In addition to quick facts and a photo, this animal guide provides information on its appearance, habitat, conservation efforts, and other unique...
PBS
Pbs: Count on It!: Episode 210 Blossom and Snappy Go to the Zoo, Part Ii
Blossom and Snappy help Robbie prepare for her math class by drawing pictures of animals that her students will be able to sort. But in order to find out what certain animals look like, Blossom and Snappy visit the zoo again.
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Marwell Zoo, England
This is the homepage for Marwell Zoo in Hampshire, England. There is information about the zoo and pictures of the animals.