Updated on March 2, 2017
These free animal websites and apps have tons of fun facts, kid-friendly research information, and games. Students can research both brief and in-depth facts about animals and their habitats. Some of the sites include lesson plans and activity ideas for teachers.
From site: Raise Your Online Butterfly! A Fun Free Educational Experience. This 30 day program will give you professional insight and knowledge into all aspects of the life cycle of a Monarch. This free educational experience is available year round…Sign…
From site: Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan.
Here you can download podcasts on up-to-date topics related to animals, discoveries, their behavior and the environment. There’s also an “Ask the Scientist” sections with answers to questions commonly asked by kids and adults.
Choose from several interactive games to learn more about reptiles and amphibians, North American birds, sharks, penguins, vultures & condors, mammals, butterflies, crickets, insects, their habitats, adaptations, classifications and needs. A premium version with more features is available for a…
From site: The Lab is a nonprofit membership institution whose mission is to interpret and conserve the earth’s biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds. Our programs work with citizen scientists, government and nongovernment agencies across…
From site: The Macaulay Library is a principal source of sound recordings for basic research, education, conservation, habitat assessment, media, and commercial projects. The collection is strongest in New World species but also has substantial holdings from Africa and Madagascar,…
From site: Chickscope is a project to study chicken embryo development using a remotely controlled magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instrument. It is being developed by educators and researchers from several departments at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in collaboration…
From site: This is a scientifically oriented, noncommercial site devoted to a fascinating trove of tropical biodiversity both the largest lake-fish fauna and the largest vertebrate species flock on earth the cichlids of southeastern Africa’s Lake Malawi. (It…
From site: SeaWorld/Busch Gardens ANIMALS exists as the virtual representative of Busch Entertainment Corporation’s zoological and educational resources. As such, we are committed to bringing the excitement, wonder, and awe of the natural world into your home, school, business, or…
National Geographic Kids takes students into the lives of more than 70 animals, with detailed information, photos, videos, and maps of their geographic range. You can see a selection of all of animals at once, or categorize them by animal…