Web Resources for Natural History

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GENERAL NATURAL HISTORY:

Virtual Natural Science Tour

American Museum of Natural History

National Geographic

Interesting Nature Videos

Info on animals from the National Zoo

HABITATS:

Prairie

American prairie

Eastern deciduous forest

Deciduous forest

Eastern forest

Southern forest

Biomes and Ecozones

INVERTEBRATES (no insects):

Free spider chart

Common North American spiders

North American spiders

Tick basics

INSECTS:

Entomology Foundation

Butterfly resources

Butterfly photos

Butterfly basics

Amazing beetles

North American beetles

FISH:

Just for kids

US EPA for kids

North American Native Fishes Assoc.

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS:

Common Eastern Snakes -

Frogs and Toads in Color and Sound

Turtle basics

North American turtle photos

BIRDS:

Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology

Wide variety of bird related material

Native Songbirds in Color and Sound

MAMMALS:

North American Mammals

National Geographic Mammals

PLANTS/FUNGI:

Mushroom kinds

Mushroom types

Trees of eastern forest

North American pines

Wildflowers of eastern North America

Wildflowers by region

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:

Decline of native N.A. fishes

Salmon population decline

Save the whales

Saving an endangered fish - the sturgeon