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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla Gorilla Diehli)

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a summary of the Cross River Gorilla with details on their habitat, diet, physical characteristics, and status as an endangered species. Images and a fact sheet are also included.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Eastern Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla Berengei Graueri)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore images and facts about the Eastern Lowland Gorilla, including details on their appearance, habitat, diet, status as an endangered species, and behaviour.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Indochinese Tiger (Panthera Tigris Corbetti)

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the world of the Indochinese Tiger and discover information on the appearance, habitat, and breeding of this endangered species. Includes images and statistics.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Malayan Tiger (Panthera Tigris Jacksoni)

For Students 9th - 10th
View images and read facts about Malayan Tigers, including where they live, their appearance, breeding habits, and status as an endangered species.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla Berengei Berengei)

For Students 9th - 10th
View images and learn facts about Mountain Gorillas, including where they live, their appearance, behaviour, and status as an endangered species.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Pied Tamarin (Saguinus Bicolor)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the pied tamarin, an endangered species. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, behavior, diet, predators, reproduction and development, and population status.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Chimpanzee (Pan Troglodytes)

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers images, statistics, and a summary of the Chimpanzee with details on its habitat, behaviour, diet, evolution, physical characteristics, and status as an endangered species.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys Radiata)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the radiated tortoise, a critically endangered species. Discusses their classification and evolution, physical appearance, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet,...
Article
World Wildlife Fund for Nature

World Wildlife Federation: Loggerhead Turtle

For Students 1st - 9th
Read biological facts and conservation information about the endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtle. Find out about the main threats to the turtles and what is being down to help.
Website
Other

Internet Island: Enadangered Species Project

For Students 6th - 8th
GREAT SITE! Various links to the endangered species of Hawaii. You will learn that some of Hawaii's animals are barely hanging on by a thread.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Endangered Animals for Kids: Wildlife Conservation

For Students 1st - 9th
Explore wildlife conservation including saving animal habitats, captive breeding, and tracking animal populations on this site.
Website
Other

Animales en Extincion: Reserva Animal

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out which are the animals that are endangered in America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
Website
World Wildlife Fund for Nature

World Wildlife Fund: Ranger Club (Dutch Version)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Dutch version of the World Nature Fun's Ranger Club children's site. Students learn about endangered animals in different habitats, obtain pictures through the animal library and play games. Some sections of the resource offer paid...
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Saving Animals From Extinction: Where Is the Vaquita?

For Students 2nd
Learn some facts about the vaquita, a type of porpoise that is endangered. Book includes audio narration in English and Spanish with text in English.
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Other

Australian Government: Threatened Species and Ecological Communities

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the program that effects animals from becoming extinct. There are links to other organizations that work with the program.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Endangered Species

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a biology or environmental science lesson that incorporates technology. This project-based plan is designed to be used as students study the factors that affect the dynamic equilibrium of populations and ecosystems. This lesson...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Saola (Pseudoryx Nghetinhensis)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a photograph and fact card about the Saola, a type of antelope. Discusses their classification, where they are found, physical characteristics, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet, predators,...
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Sea World Parks & Entertainment

Sea World: Animal Bytes: Gorillas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from SeaWorld/Busch Gardens provides a wealth of information regarding gorillas. Content includes a focus on gorilla habitats and distribution, physical characteristics and special adaptations, senses, behavior, diet,...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus)

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of Ophisaurus, more commonly known as the Glass Lizard.
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Giant Panda

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a resource on the giant panda. It has excellent facts and information, captivating photographs, and an interesting video. [1:27]
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Nature Canada

Nature Canada: Suffield National Wildlife Area: Plants at Risk

For Students 9th - 10th
Suffield National Wildlife Area in Alberta is home to at least sixteen plant and animal species at risk. Several of the plants are described in detail here. Additional links provide more information.
Article
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Blue Whale Sighting Thrills Researchers

For Students 9th - 10th
National Public Radio reports on the blue whale, which has been on the endangered species list for almost 40 years. Find out why a recent siting off the coast of Alaska has given researchers some cause for optimism.
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Other

Connecticut Deep: Loggerhear Sea Turtle

For Students 1st - 9th
A full description of the endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtle including information about physical characteristics, habitat range, reproduction, threats to its survival, and conservation efforts to help the species.
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Other

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: Perdido Key Beach Mouse [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 9th
Learn about the endangered beach mouse form Alabama called the Perdido Key Beach Mouse. Find out some important biological information about this species.