Animal Adaptation Sites
Remember that not all web sites contain valid, true information. The following web sites are sites that have been checked by your teachers, have been useful for students in the past, and can be used for this assignment. Not every web site features every animal.
Animals
National Geographic. Scroll down below the big image and choose your type of animal: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/index/
National Zoo in Washington, DC: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/list
San Diego Zoo. Choose your "category" of animal, then browse the list of animals: http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals
Search more deeply into the Library of the San Diego Zoo. Not all animals are covered, but if yours is, there’s a lot of great information: http://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/index/
Visit Sea World!
Animal Infobooks have a great deal of information about mainly water animals: https://seaworld.org/en/animal-info/animal-infobooks
Animal Bytes have one-page fact sheets about many different animals (not just sea animals): https://seaworld.org/en/animal-info/animal-bytes
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Use the search box on the middle right to search by animal name: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
Toronto Zoo. Click on the region where your animal lives: http://www.torontozoo.com/ExploretheZoo/Animals.asp
St. Louis Zoo. Animals are grouped by category, with mammals being at the bottom of the list: http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/listallanimals/
Maryland Zoo.Choose your type of animal (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians) from the list on the bottom middle: http://www.marylandzoo.org/animals-conservation/
Biomes
The University of California’s Museum of Paleontology web site includes information on the world’s biomes:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/index.php
BioExpedition.com has information about all of the world’s biomes:
http://bioexpedition.com/types-of-biomes-in-the-world/
Animal Sounds (many, but not all animals are covered on these sites)
http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/sound-library/
http://www.animal-sounds.org/animal-sounds-free-download.html [choose from animals of the Air, Jungle, Desert, and then you will have to download it in order to hear the sound]
[choose your animal group at the bottom]http://sounds.bl.uk/Environment/Listen-to-Nature