Animal Directory @ World Almanac for Kids - This kid-friendly site offers brief descriptions of about 50 animals. Good for the younger child doing an animal report.

Animal Diversity Web - Search the database Kingdom Animalia for your animal.

Animaland - ASPCA's Animaland has good petcare information and links to other animal sites.

Bugbios - This is an entomological database of very cool bugs. Select from one of the 14 insect groupings.

Colorado Division of Wildlife : Wildlife Species - This site recently changed but still has a lot of good information on Colorado mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians.

Desert Animals & Wildlife - Includes desert mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians.

EndangeredSpecie.com - A lot of information is here on endangered mammals, marine life, and plants.

From Antelopes to Zebras - The Oregon Zoo offers information on 131 animals. Includes pictures.

Ichthyology (Fish) at the Florida Museum of Natural History - Look in the "biological profiles" for great information and pictures of the fish of your choice.

Kids' Planet - Defenders of Wildlife's kids' site has lots of information about endangered animals. Click on "Get the Facts".

Kratts' Creatures - Use the Creature Signpost to start out on your very own Creature Adventure. Cool animals are highlighted.

Oakland Zoo Animals - The Oakland Zoo provides good information about 120 of their zoo animals.

Rainforest-Australia - Contains information on all sorts of australian mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds.

Smithsonian: North American Mammals - This site lets you search for mammals by map, species name, family tree and even conservation status.

The Electronic Zoo - There's a ton of information here but click on the paw icon to surf animal links.

Zoomschool's Animal Printouts - This site has good, simple illustrations of animals.