BBC
Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Eastern Grey Kangaroo
BBC Wildfacts profiles the eastern kangaroo of Australia with photographs and a fact sheet.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Wallaroo (Euro)
Read this description of a Wallaroo to find out why this animal is not a wallaby or a kangaroo.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Wombat
Visit this webpage to learn more about the wombat.
PBS
Nova: Bone Diggers: Anatomy of Thylacoleo
Thylacoleo or the extinct marsupial lion had an unusual array of adaptations that enabled it to be an effective predator. Explore an interactive fossil of the lion to learn more about each of its' adaptations.
Australian Museum
Australia Museum: Thylacine
The Thylacine, once an inhabitant of Australia is now extinct because of excessive hunting and competition with dingos and dogs. The Australian Museum provides general information on this interesting carnivore and photographs of the last...
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Peramelidae (Bandicoots & Bilbies)
This site provides a very brief overview of the Australian bandicoot.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Red Kangaroo
This article, illustrated with many photographs, profiles the red kangarook, Australia's largest kangaroo from nearly 60 species.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Thylacine
This personal webpage is a brief description of the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Can You Dig It?
Set in the Australian desert, players become bilbies to search at night for food while looking out for hungry predators like dingos, foxes, and swooping eagles.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Eastern Pygmy Possum
Discover the eastern pygmy possum of Australia in this illustrated article.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Red Kangaroo
Kids learn about the Red Kangaroo, Australian marsupial that hops and carries the joey in a pouch.
Animal Fact Guide
Animal Fact Guide: Koala
Guide to the koala that features information on its physical characteristics, habitat (with a distribution map), diet, breeding patterns, unique traits and behavior, conservation status, and tips on what you can do to help.
Animal Fact Guide
Animal Fact Guide: Quokka
Comprehensive resource on the Quokka features facts about the physical characteristics, habitat (with a distribution map), diet, breeding patterns, unique traits and behavior, conservation, and tips on what you can do to help.
PBS
Nova: Bone Diggers: Australia's Vanished Beasts
Get profiles of 10 different examples of Australia's extinct megafauna. Each profile includes a picture of what the animal looked like.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Tasmanian Devil
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about Tasmanian devils with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.