Endangered Species
- Defenders of Wildlife has excellent fact sheets, often with sound and video clips.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has very good, up-to-date information.
- Animal Diversity Web, by University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
- National Wildlife Federation has great information about what WE can do to protect wildlife.
- WWF (also known as the World Wildlife Fund in the U.S.) has great information about species.
- Animal Info. has very detailed information, including a list and photos of the world's rarest animals.
- Earth's Endangered Creatures should be cited to author, C. R. Glenn.
- Cetacean Fact Pack, by the American Cetacean Society.
- Once you understand the basics about your animal, compare your facts with a Wikipedia article.
- Need more? Click here for a list of other good sites, searched by Kidsclick!
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Photograph from the mid-1870s of a pile of American bison skulls waiting to be ground for fertilizer. Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library.
