This resource provides a thorough examination of salt marshes and the grasses, plant species, and animal species that inhabit these areas.

Presents interesting information about the Arabian Desert, including its physical geography, climate, plants and animals, their adaptations to the environment, natural resources, and threats to its habitats.

Excellent information is provided on the painted turtle's appearance, weight, migration, food sources, predators and breeding. Research questions provide the answers to many common questions such as how long they live.

Describes twelve kinds of ecosystems.

Learn about the importance of bird house boxes in backyard habitats.

Help students understand the functions and values of wetlands through these multiple intelligences learning activities. The site also includes information about the wetland habitats, commercial values, water quality, and erosion control.

Learn about coastal habitats, and how to help support nesting shorebirds.

Describes six levels of organization in the biological world - individual species, population, community, ecosystem, biome, and biosphere.

A one-page glossary of words that might be used by elementary students when learning about plants and their habitats.

Create the parameters of your own ecosystem by choosing which producers and consumers live there. Visualize how the food web operates and species populations change. This simulator mimics the food web within a typical ecosystem and gives...

Learning activities to investigate how organisms interact in a functioning ecosystem. Students will explore the role organisms play in food chains and preserving biodiversity in ecosystems. Lake Pontchartrain Basin ecosystem is featured...

Find out how providing bat houses can be beneficial to a habaitat.

Find out how mud puddles in a backyard ecosystem make for a welcome habitat for many species.

Learn how to provide a cover board for reptiles who generally prefer drier conditions.

Find out how a common backyard habitat can become a welcome habitat site for turtles.

Become a citizen scientist, and find out how to turn a shoreline landscape into a bird haven.