Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Harbor Seal
Geographic range, habitat, physical description, reproduction, behavior, food habits, economic importance (negative/positive), and conservation status are all part of this complete site.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Ostrich
Topics delved into in this effective site are geographic range, habitat, physical description reproduction, behavior, diet, economic importance and conservation status.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Ariolimax Columbianus (Banana Slug)
Information about the banana slug, including its habitat, description, behavior, food habits, and more.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Bombyx Mori (Silkworms)
Biological information about the silkworm, Bombyx mori, including habitat, physical description, behavior, food habits, and more.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Echinarachnius Parma (Sand Dollar)
Articles provieds information on the habitat, behaviors, and appearance of sand dollars, particulaly those that live off the coast of the northern United States.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Lama Pacos: Alpacas
A detailed description of the Alpaca, including sections on habitat, physical description, reproduction, and communication, among others.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biodiversity: Animals: Invertebrates
See all the of the different animal phyla that represent invertebrates and how diverse they are with the help of short video clips.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Animal Body Plans: Self Check Quiz
Try these five multiple-choice questions about animal body plans. After submitting answers, students can review the material.
University of Washington
Genome Sciences Education Outreach: Build an Animal [Pdf]
Lesson plan focuses on basic genetic principles and indirectly models meiosis. Students learn that each species is tremendously diverse and that genes play a major role in determining this diversity.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Rediscovering Biology: Unit 4: Microbial Diversity
A complete learning module on microbial diversity that includes a downloadable textbook chapter, teacher guide, and lesson activities. The chapter can also be viewed online. In addition, there are animations, images, a video, and...
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Emperor Penguin
This site provides a detailed overview of the Emperor Penguin. Content includes a focus on this bird's physical characteristics, geographic range, natural history, economic importance for humans, and more.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Rockhopper Penguin
This site provides a detailed overview of the Rockhopper Penguin. Content includes a focus on this bird's geographic range, physical characteristics, natural history, and economic importance for humans.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Honey Badger
Overview of the honey badger, with information about physical characteristics, geographic range, reproduction, behavior, and habitat.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: African Buffalo
General reference material on the African, or Cape, buffalo, with information about physical characteristics, geographic range, classification, reproduction, behavior, and habitat.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Mammary Glands
A very solid history on the evolution of, and function of, the glands that give the group mammals their name. Good comparisons of other mammals and their function.
University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Subclass Hirudinea [Leeches]
This resource gives a brief description of the subclass Hirudinea and the role they have played in medicine.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Phylum Arthropoda
This general overview of the arthropod phylum, which includes insects and arachnids, looks at such topics as body symmetry, appendages, movement, respiratory and nervous systems, and reproduction.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Black Spider Monkey
Factual information is provided on the following topics: geographic range, habitat, physical description, reproduction, behavior, diet, economic importance, and conservation status.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Species Diversity
If your wondering about the biodiversity of species on Earth, then check out Natureworks from New Hampshire Public Television. A brief definition is included as well as some interesting facts on species diversity.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Animal Movements
For this lesson, students will explore animal movements. They will compare movements and relate them to where animals live and how they obtain food. The lesson includes animal cards and a worksheet as well as strategies for diverse...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Quoll (Dasyurus Viverrinus)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the quoll, a marsupial. Discusses where they are found, their lifestyle, diversity, diet, predators, and development after birth.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Rabbit (Oryctolagus Cuniculus)
Provides photographs and a fact card about rabbits. Discusses where they are found, their diet, their popularity as a pet, lifespan, health issues, how they are also seen as pests, their diversity, and their use as a symbol.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Salamander (Caudata)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the salamander, an amphibian. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, the diversity of species, their unique skin and gland secretions, and population decline from threats to...
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Welcome to Biodiversity Hotspots
Conservation International offers this extensive look at some of earth's most vulnerable areas. Some of the most remarkably diverse places in the world also prove to be some of the most threatened. Learn more about the efforts in place...
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