Animals Featured in Literature

Now that you've read either Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George, or Tracks in the Snow, by Lucy Jane Bledsoe, use the links below to learn more about the animals featured in each of these great books.

All About Birds, from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
This comprehensive site features a description, "cool facts", a sound audio clip, and other information about the habitat, food, and behavior of the many bird species included in its database. It also includes a terrific video gallery.

Animals A to Zoo: Your Online Reference to the World of Animals, from Animal Planet, by Discovery Communications.

Animals, from National Geographic.
(Also see the Animals Index.)

Did You Know?: Animals A B C, from didyouknow.org

Science & Nature - Animals, from the BBC.

Animal Photo Galleries, from the Smithsonian National Zoological Park.

Names of Males, Females, Babies, and Groups of Animals, from Enchanted Learning
What do you call a baby koala? A group of turtles? Find the answers to these questions and learn about a great many animals by visiting this fun and interesting site.

SIRS Discoverer and WebFind
Find information about the animals you are researching in the reference books, encyclopedias, magazines, and recommended web sites included in this outstanding collection.
(NOTE: You will need a User Name and Password to log in to this database.)

Student Resource Center
This fine collection features many reference information sources, including several science encyclopedias.
(NOTE: You will need a library ID to log in to this collection.)

Great Full-Text Articles from WIKIPEDIA: THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
(Check out this List of Animal Names, or visit the links below. Remember - you can search Wikipedia in English or in Spanish.)

American Golden Plover
Arctic
Brown Bear (The grizzly bear is a North American subspecies of the Brown Bear.)
Cat
Chipmunk
Coyote
Crane Fly
Deer
Dog
Fox
Lapland Bunting
Lemming
Ptarmigan
Rabbit
Reindeer
(The reindeer is known as caribou in North America.)
Skua (Skuas are seabirds. Smaller skuas are called jaegers in North America.)
Snake
Snowy Owl
Weasel
Wolf

Searchasaurus
Visit Ebsco's Searchasaurus to find interesting articles (often accompanied by photographs) about many animals. To use Searchasaurus:

-go to: Ebsco's login screen

-Ask an IMC staff member for the USER ID and PASSWORD you'll need to log in

-click on the SEARCHASAURUS link

-enter the animal you want to learn about into the search field and click SEARCH

OTHER INTERESTING WEB SITES

Alaska Department of Fish and Game Wildlife Notebook Series>

Alaska: Department of Fish & Game

Visit this terrific site for great illustrations and detailed information about many arctic animals.
Artic Animals

Arctic Wildlife: How Animals are Adapted to Live in the Arctic

Arctic Wildlife Portfolio

Funtastic Facts About Alaska's Wildlife

Life in a Deep Freeze: How do Animals Survive the Arctic's C-C-Cold Winters?

Wolves

THREATS POSED BY THE OIL INDUSTRY

Northern Alaska Environmental Center: Alaska's Arctic