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Animals

Alaska Wildlife Notebook
Learn more about 100 species of animals found in Alaska and other parts of the Pacific Northwest.

Amazing Animals of the World
Information on animals from aardvarks to zebras, including color photos and games. For elementary students and higher. (Available outside the library with a Timberland Regional Library card.)

Animal Diversity Web
Enter an animal into the search textbox to read about its physical characteristics, habitat and conservation efforts.

E-E Link
Links to information about, and photos of, many endangered or threatened species. Also contains interactive sites by and for kids.

Endangered Species Fact Sheets in Kids' Planet
Electronic fact sheets on over 50 endangered species worldwide. Find your animal by browsing the list or by choosing a country. The fact sheets, maintained by the Defenders of Wildlife, give you all the info you need for a report. This site also has links to games, coloring pages, creating a nature journal, fundraising suggestions and even writing to U.S. senators and representatives about laws to protect endangered species.

Endangered Species in Amazing Animals of the World
Information on animals from aardvarks to zebras, including color photos and games. For elementary students and higher. To find Endangered Species, type "endangered" into the search box, click on "endangered status", then click on "endangered status" next to the circled ? to browse dozens of endangered status animals. (Available outside the library with a Timberland Regional Library card.)

Endangered Species in Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online
This database includes Endangered Species articles which detail classification of species, both plant and animal, as to their degree of endangerment. Also discusses protective measures now in place. For students grade 5 and up. (Available outside the library with a Timberland Regional Library card.)

SeaWorld's Animal Information Database
What's new with dolphins, beluga whales and other creatures of the sea? Keep up with coral reefs, gorillas, manatees, and other land and water animals at this site maintained by SeaWorld Adventure parks and Busch Gardens.

Species of Concern
Produced by the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, this is a good source for information on endangered , threatened , sensitive, candidate, concern and monitor species in Washington state.

Student Resource Center
Database includes full-text articles (basic to advanced) on animals, including endangered species topics. (Available outside the library with a Timberland Regional Library card.)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Maintains TESS (Threatened and Endangered Species Database System) for plants and animals, both U.S. and foreign.

World Wildlife Fund
News articles on endangered wildlife species, conservation efforts and global challenges for WWF. Map-driven, searchable database lets you pinpoint more than 26,000 species worldwide.