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A View on Cities: Budapest: Museum of Natural History

For Students 9th - 10th
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Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Ancient Denvers

For Students 9th - 10th
What did Denver look like millions of years ago? Find out the answer to this and see how it has changed over time. There is also a list of parks to visit in Colorado.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Feather Trade and the American Conservation Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
The 19th century love for feather adornments led to a hue and cry by conservationists against the wholesale killing of birds. This site details the time, the feather trade, and the move to curtail it.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: American Mink

For Students 4th - 8th
The American Mink, with its luxurious brown coat, is now bred on farms, or mink ranches, to provide fur to the clothing industry. This has relieved some of the stress natural populations endured from trapping over the past two centuries....
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Western Gray Squirrel

For Students 4th - 8th
Although Western Gray Squirrels are diurnal, they are secretive by nature and stay away from humans as much as possible. However, they are comparatively frequently hit by automobiles, perhaps because they lack experience of human...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Preble's Shrew

For Students 4th - 8th
Very little is known about the natural history of Preble's Shrew, which has been found in widely separate localities in much of the western United States. Specimens have been collected at elevations of 1,280 m in Oregon and 2,750 m in...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Hopi Chipmunk

For Students 4th - 8th
Hopi chipmunks are naturally timid, and even individuals born in captivity never become tame. Like Panamint chipmunks, they live in southwestern pinyon-juniper forests and nest in rock crevices or piles of broken rock. Learn more about...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Townsend's Pocket Gopher

For Students 4th - 8th
Townsend's Pocket Gophers require deep, moist soils of river valleys and ancient lake beds. Other pocket gophers that are found in the same region, in the northern Great Basin, prefer different soil types: Botta's Pocket Gopher is...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Guadalupe Fur Seal

For Students 4th - 8th
The history of the Guadalupe fur seal during the past century is well documented. The seals were nearly extinguished by hunters seeking their dense, luxurious underfur in the 1800s. Learn more about the Arctocephalus townsendi, more...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Bushy Tailed Woodrat

For Students 4th - 8th
Bushy-tailed Woodrats are highly territorial. A male will permit a female in his territory, but not another male. Learn more about the Neotoma cinerea, more commonly known as a Bushy-tailed Woodrat, in this easy-to-read species overview...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Arizona Pocket Mouse

For Students 4th - 8th
Like other heteromyid rodents, Arizona Pocket Mice are solitary creatures. They spend the day in underground burrows, emerging only at night. Learn more about the Perognathus amplus, more commonly known as an Arizona Pocket Mouse, in...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Cotton Deermouse

For Students 4th - 8th
A medium-sized rodent with large ears and eyes, the Cotton Deermouse is dark golden-brown above with white underparts and feet. It is very similar to the white-footed Mouse, with which it breeds in captivity. Learn more about the...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Appalachian Cottontail

For Students 4th - 8th
The Appalachian Cottontail and the New England Cottontail look almost identical, and for a long time they were thought to be the same species. They are medium-sized rabbits with fine, silky fur. Learn more about the Sylvilagus obscurus,...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Bailey's Pocket Mouse

For Students 4th - 8th
Bailey's Pocket Mice are solitary, nocturnal, and live in burrows. Pocket Mice mostly eat seeds, using their "pockets," fur-lined, external cheek pouches, to bring seeds to their nests, where they store them in preparation for leaner...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Common Gray Fox

For Students 4th - 8th
Gray foxes are adept at climbing trees. They are active at night and during twilight, sleeping during the day in dense vegetation or secluded rocky places. Learn more about the Urocyon cinereoargenteus, more commonly known as a Common...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Bobcat

For Students 4th - 8th
The Bobcat is the most widely distributed native cat in North America. Bobcats occupy many habitat types, from desert to swamp to mountains. Learn more about the Lynx rufus, more commonly known as a Bobcat, in this easy-to-read species...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: American Pika

For Students 4th - 8th
American Pikas scent-mark with their cheek glands, and also communicate with both long and short vocalizations. Short calls are uttered as alarms and to announce that they are departing or returning from foraging, and males perform a...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Broad Footed Mole

For Students 4th - 8th
Broad-footed Moles' forefeet are almost as wide as they are long, and their fur is nearly uniformly black. They seem to prefer moist soils, but will inhabit dry areas with large boulders. Learn more about the Scapanus latimanus, more...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Arizona Cotton Rat

For Students 4th - 8th
All cotton rats have a strong connection with grass, which they feed upon, and in which they construct their runways. Within their range in southeast and central Arizona and western Mexico, Arizona cotton rats inhabit only grassy areas...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Brush Rabbit

For Students 4th - 8th
When they are frightened, Brush Rabbits often thump the ground with a hind foot and may also squeal. These very small cottontails use burrows dug by other animals as escape routes, and sometimes climb into shrubs or low trees to avoid...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: American Black Bear

For Students 4th - 8th
Most Black Bears hibernate for up to seven months, and do not eat, drink, urinate, or exercise the entire time. In the South, where plant food is available all year, not all bears hibernate, but pregnant females do. Learn more about the...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: American Marten

For Students 4th - 8th
American Martens are widely distributed in northern forests across Canada and into Alaska. Only 200 years ago, they were also abundant in the southeastern United States. Learn more about the Martes americana, more commonly known as an...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: American Bison

For Students 4th - 8th
The American Bison's recovery from near extinction parallels what happened to the European Bison, Bison bonasus. Once abundant and widespread in northern latitudes, their decline in several countries since the 6th century has been...
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National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Bighorn Sheep

For Students 4th - 8th
Bighorn Sheep live only in remote, treeless mountain terrain. They use steep slopes and cliffs to escape from wolves, coyotes, and cougars. Learn more about the Ovis canadensis, more commonly known as a Bighorn Sheep, in this...