Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Park Naturalist
This EEK! site (Environment Education for Kids) provides a great article on exactly what a park naturalist does.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Country Walks of a Naturalist With His Children by W. Houghton
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by W. Houghton [1870], an illustrated novel describing ten country walks and what can be seen along the way.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Sea Side Walks of a Naturalist by Rev. W. Houghton
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Seaside Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by Rev. W. Houghton [1870], a book about marine natural history.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Old Bones, Or, Notes for Young Naturalists by W. S. Symonds
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Old Bones, or, Notes for Young Naturalists by W. S. Symonds (1861), includes information and illustrations about vertebrates and their fossils.
Other
Darwin: A Naturalist's Voyage Around the World
Climb aboard the Beagle and relive the 14 stages of Charles Darwin's odyssey through this outstanding virtual tour of his nearly five-year journey. See sketches from the journey, hear readings from Darwin's journals, and learn about the...
Other
I Naturalist
Community-sharing site lets all the world's sharp-eyed naturalists, including school-age students, record their observations of the outdoor world.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Get a Job (Environmental Jobs)
Here is a site to explore and learn about park rangers, wardens, biologists, hydro geologists, and park naturalists.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Swan and Her Crew by G. Christopher Davies
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Swan and Her Crew by G. Christopher Davies (1890) an illustrated children's novel about the adventures of three young naturalists and sportsmen on the broads and...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Abbott Handerson Thayer
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Abbott Handerson Thayer is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his naturalist themes and his paintings of women as angels and madonnas.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures From West Africa
Ife ( pronounced ee-feh) is today regarded as the spiritual heartland of the Yoruba people living in Nigeria, the Republic of Benin and their many descendants around the world. It is rightly regarded as the birthplace of some of the...
Other
The Assateague Naturalist: The Lightning Whelk
This site contains a brief description and some pertinent facts about lightning whelks. A picture of a lightning whelk is provided.
Other
The Assateague Naturalist: Eastern Mud Whelk
Just a brief description of where to find an eastern mud whelk and how they look. Has pictures of a Eastern Mud Whelk.
Other
The Assateague Naturalist: Knobbed Whelk
This site explains how to identify a knobbed whelk and includes a few interesting facts about knobbed whelks. A picture is also included.
Other
The Assateague Naturalist: Channeled Whelk
This site describes what the channeled whelk looks like and provides a couple pictures. It also provides a few interesting facts about the channeled whelk.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The Frontiers Decade: Wonders of the World
Emulate the work of a naturalist by making observations of wildlife in local parks. Record field notes, including drawings, photographs and observations of behavior, on a particular animal or habitat.
Curated OER
Samuel Hearne: Explorer and Naturalist
Though he "has not always been thought well of," Samuel Hearne is the first--and one of the best--naturalists in Canadian history. This article lists some of the reasons he has been perceived as a failure and highlights the first-class...
PBS
Pbs Nova: Man of Ideas
An ant specialist? Yes! Meet naturalist E.O. Wilson who specialized in the study of ants and who presented some controversial ideas. Learn more by watching the included video, and by visiting the main site.
Other
Humanities Texas: Texas Originals: Roy Bedichek
A biography of Texas writer and naturalist Roy Bedichek, who lived from 1878-1959. The text on this page is also available as an audio recording through a side link.
Curated OER
National Library of Medicine: Konrad Gesner
Konrad Gesner was a 16th century Swiss naturalist and physician.
California State University
Urbanowicz on Darwin: The Life & Death of Charles Darwin
This resource provides a paper written by Dr. Charles Urbanowicz, anthropologist at California State University. It deals extensively with the life and death of Charles Darwin, his research, and the publication of his book, "The Origin...
Other
The Voyage of the Beagle, Second Edition (Online Text)
Charles Darwin's famous journey is chronicled here in this online book. Read it just as it was published in 1845.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poems of Stephen Crane
Full text of three Stephen Crane famous poems: "In Heaven, "A Man Said to the Universe", and "Should the Wide World Roll Away". Explanatory note and select bibliography.
Scientific American
Scientific American: Happy 200th Birthday Charles Darwin: In Depth Reports
Explore the thinking of Charles Darwin, and read how his theory of evolution survives, thrives, and shapes the way we learn about nature. (February 2009)
PBS
Pbs: American Masters: John James Audubon
From the PBS, American Masters series, this is "John James Audubon"; see a clip from a documentary on tha artist, visit an on-line gallery of his work, and read a short biography of the artist.