Animal Doc.
A site just for kids from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. Includes information about choosing a veterinary career.

Animals Past and Present.
From the University of Illinois, this site includes a history of animals that lived in Illinois 65 million years ago, 10 million years ago, and today. There is also an explanation about what happened to the dinosaurs.

A Beastly Garden of Wordy Delights.
Includes a list of collective nouns: everything from a herd of antelope to a descent of woodpeckers; animal sounds: apes gibber, swallows titter, and wolves howl; animal offspring: a baby alpaca is a cria, a baby zebra is a foal; animal gender: antelope does and bucks, walrus cows and bulls; and animal adjectives: acarine like a mite, zebrine like a zebra.

Birds.

Cats.

Dino Directory.
From the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom, this site is a database of well-known dinosaurs.

Frogs: a chorus of colors.
From the American Museum of Natural History, one of the largest frog collections in the world.

Horses.

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).
This site is an educational tool for animal rights advocates.

Petfinder.
Search for pets for adoption at shelters and rescue organizations around the country. Search by type (cat, dog, horse, BarnYard, reptile, and more), breed, age, sine, gender, and location. Most search results include pictures and notes about the selected pet.

San Diego Zoo.
Take a virtual live visit to the zoo through their video portal to their elephant cam, panda cam, polar bear cam, or absolutely apes cam.

Virginia Zoo.
Includes information on zoo events, membership, and personal profiles on all the animals who live in the zoo.