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.

John Tidwell's article on elephants for Zoogoer Magazine centers on Asian elephants and covers topics including The Little Prince, The Princess and the Plague, and The Mating Game.

A variety of information on Northern Elephant Seals, such as habitat, diet, conservation efforts and cool facts, is provided at this resource.

This entry identifies the defining characteristics of Mirounga, more commonly known as the Elephant Seal.

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

Meet the Asian elephant and discover details about its behavior, eating habits, range, conservation status, and other unique facts.

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...

In response to cold weather, volunteers in India use a traditional craft, knitting, to make enormous garments for elephants in India.

Learn all about many of the different animals in the zoo including many little known facts. Profiled are the dingo, koala, meerkat, platypus, tree kangaroo, and many more.

Resource provides information about endangered and depleted seals and sea lions. Great photos of the animals and clear, readable information.

Quetzalcoatlus northropi was a carnivorous pterosaur larger than an African elephant. It lived during the Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.

Read this discussion of the rivers in Cambodia from this Country Studies report. Find out sources and mouths of the major rivers.

Read a great description of the topography of Cambodia which takes you from the heights of the mountains to the Gulf of Thailand. From the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress.

This site from Geographica.com contains information on a variety of parks in Argentina. A description of each follows the name of the park.

This huge UNRV site on Roman history devotes a page to the Pyrrhic War, defining the major players and tracing the course of battles and related events.

A short but very interesting description of the Woolly Mammoth; its habitat and habits are described.

This site from the University of California, Berkeley offers a biography of George Cuvier. Scientific ideas of George Cuvier are presented, such as those related to comparative anatomy, fossils, the idea of extinction, and others....

As far as we know, the blue whale is the largest animal ever to have existed on the planet. Weights up to 190,000 kg (as much as 30-40 African elephants) have been recorded. Learn more about the Balaenoptera musculus, more commonly known...

This brief article defines "placental mammals," lists examples of these animals, and describes the characteristics which render their classification.