Last Updated: March, 2001

If it is the environment, animals or the weather, here are a few sites to get you started. If you are surfing on the computers at the Wiggin Memorial Library, you can also find these sites in the "Bookmarks" folder.

Animals

• American Kennel Club
  http://www.akc.org
  Information about dog breeds as well as articles about taking care of dogs.

• Animal Diversity Web
  http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu
  The University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology brings you this information about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, sharks and more.

• Animal Health, Well-being and Rights
  http://www.tiac.net/users/sbr/animals.html
  A huge list of links on tons of different animals.

• Animal Tracks at KidsPlace!
  http://www.harrogate.co.uk/kids/animals.htm
  A list of links to animal and dinosaur sites. Dogs and horses and TRex, oh my!

• Bats!
  http://www.batcon.org
  Photos and information about all kinds of bats.

• Cats A to Z
  http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/cats/encyclopedia/
  The frames on this page take some getting used to (all the information is in the skinny left-hand frame), but it's worth it for the great cat information you can find. Both house cats and big wild cats are included in this site.

• Critters
  http://www.worldkids.net/critters/critters.htm
  Pictures and information about lots of animals including endangered species.

• Cyber Zoomobile
  http://www.primenet.com/~brendel/
  Scroll down this page to get to the species choices. You'll get a photo and a lot of information about your animal with this site.

• Electronic Zoo Animal Resources
  http://netvet.wustl.edu/ssi.htm
  Select a species and off you go!

• EE-Link : Endangered Species
  http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu/EndSpp/Endangered.html
  Includes endangered and extinct species list; searchable by species or common name.

• eNature.com
  http://www.enature.com
  This site offers searchable field guides to over 4,800 plant and animal species. Search by group (mammals, amphibians, trees, etc.) or browse the subheadings. Entries iclude an image, description and some additional information.

• House Rabbit Society
  http://www.rabbit.org
  Learn about the behavior and care of rabbits.

• Melissa Kaplan's Herp Homepage
  http://www.sonic.net/%7Emelissk/frame.html
  The Reptile page. Great information on Amphibians, invertebrates, iguanas, lizards, snakes, turtles & tortoises.

• Monarch Watch
  http://www.MonarchWatch.com
  Tons of information about the Monarch butterfly and its migration.

• Online Animal Catalog
  http://www.blarg.net/~critter/index.html
  Articles, pictures and links relating to all kinds of animals.

• Petstation
  http://petstation.com/
  Petstation links to bird, cat, dog, fish, mammal and reptile and amphibian sites.

• Pets World
  http://info-s.com/pets.html
  Links to information about all different kinds of pets - from dogs to chinchillas.

• Save the Manatee
  http://www.savethemanatee.org
  Information on manatees and the effort to save them.

• Scientific Amphibian
  http://frog.simplenet.com/froggy/sciam.shtml
  Look no further for frog info. From dissection to different species, you'll find it here.

• Threatened and Endangered Animal Species Found on the National Wildlife Refuge System
  http://bluegoose.arw.r9.fws.gov/NWRSFiles/WildlifeMgmt/EnSpeciesAnimals.html
  Photos and Fact Sheets on lots of endangered or threatened animals, birds, fish and insects.

• The Tiger Information Center
  http://www.5tigers.com
  Everything you need to know about these big cats.

• Visit the Animals
  http://www.birminghamzoo.com/animals
  51 different animals and birds are described here - many unusual ones as well.

• Wild Birds Unlimited Educational Resources
  http://www.wbu.com/edu/index.htm
  Facts about bats, bees, hummingbirds, squirrels, swallows and feeding birds.

• Yahoo Animals Insects & Pets
  http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Zoology/Animals__Insects__and_Pets/
  Yahoo's list of sites about animals, insects and pets.