A remarkable site about a remarkable matriarch of a family of elephants in Kenya, Echo. Watch the full video here of the life of Echo and her family, as well as her death. Great photos of Echo and her family. Be sure to click on Elephant...

Read about the endangered Asian Elephant. Find out what it likes to eat, where it lives, and its behaviors. Click on the links to the left for more information.

Basic facts about the Asian elephant. Includes physical description, range and habitat, diet, behavior, reproduction, lifespan, enemies, and conservation.

Essential facts about the African elephant, including a physical description and information about its range and habitat, reproduction, diet, behavior, lifespan, enemies, and conservation.

Resource takes an exploratory look at the African elephant. Content includes information on this animal's physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, caring for the young, predators, and more.

This is a lesson plan for George Orwell's Essay on his Life in Burma: "Shooting An Elephant." It provides five detailed activities for use with the essay. Other links to parts of the lesson plan including an introduction, guiding...

What are the threats to elephants? What specific species are in trouble and what can you do about it? These questions are all addressed by this resource.

Are you looking for information about the African elephant? This reference source on the elephant that features information on its physical characteristics, habitat (with a distribution map), diet, breeding patterns, unique traits and...

This site takes a detailed look at elephants and the current threats to their existence. Content includes a focus on the elephant's role in the ecosystem, relationship with humans, and more.

Colorful resource for learning fun facts about African elephants with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features. Sound clip included.

Resource feature the Asian Elephant. Provides key facts about its classification and range, life cycle, reproduction and more.

A collection of fun activities and facts to help students learn more about elephants.

A brief page of information on physical characteristics and diet of the southern elephant seal.

Comprehensive overview of the African elephant, with information about physical characteristics, geographic range, diet, reproduction, behavior, and habitat.

Learn about the Fenykovi Elephant, the African Bush Elephant on display at the National Museum of Natural History.

From ABC News in Science, Jennifer Viegas's article discusses a new study on elephants involving place them in front of a jumbo mirror and charting their reactions, reactions that suggest they recognize themselves.

You will find information here about the African elephant and how it differs from the Asian elephant. There is also a nice set of pictures.

Explain how an organism's adaptations give it advantages in particular environments. Calculate and compare the amount of pressure exerted by the foot of an elephant and a human, and apply that knowledge to an understanding of automobile...

As is often the case in species where males compete to mate with as many females as possible, northern elephant seal males are much larger than females (1,800 kg versus 650 kg on average). Competitions can be battles, but more often...

This effective site presents a good deal of information including description, range/habitat, behavior, mating and breeding, and endangered species status. Links are provided to other seal sites.

The Denver Zoo features a comprehensive overview of the California sea lion focusing on its habitat, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.

An extensive description from the North Park University of the Second Punic War. Read about Hannibal's strategy and use of war elephants, and his eventual defeat.

A comprehensive site that contains information on habits, breeding, food, hunting, and special adaptations. Key bullet-pointed facts are also provided for size, breeding, and lifestyle.

On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real-life scenario involving plants. Those skills include interpreting data in a circle graph, interpreting data in a divided bar graph, and interpreting a bar...