Endangered Species Web Resources

American Museum of Natural History. Endangered: Exploring A World At Risk. [Online] http://www.amnh.org/Exhibition/Expedition/Endangered/index.html, 1996.
This is a good source of detailed information about the following animals: Leatherback turtle, Komodo dragon, American crocodile, cheetah, whooping crane, peregrine falcon, bald eagle, California condor, black rhinoceros, mountain gorilla, Bengal tiger, Asian elephant, Northern spotted owl, gila monster, Steller's sea lion, woodland caribou, and the American bison.

http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu/EndSpp/Endangered.html

EE-Link: Endangered Species. [Online]http://eelink.net/EndSpp/
In addition to linking to other sites, you can search for specific animals and policies.

Endangered Species in North America & Elsewhere.[Online] http://www.raysweb.net/specialplaces/pages/species-else.html
This Alberta, Canada website has many links to pages about specific animals and to more general environmental pages.

Galaxy. Endangered Species. [Online] http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Community/Environment/Endangered-Species.html
Here are links to information on: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Eurasian lynx, whales, sea otters, marine mammals, wolves. This site also lists organizations helping these animals.

Institute For Global Communications. EcoNet: Endangered Habitats And Species. [Online] http://www.igc.org/igc/issues/habitats/#endanger
For concerned students, there is information on animals and suggestions for action, with many links to other sites.

Rain forest Action Network. [Online] http://www.ran.org/
This is a great page for action oriented students!

Sea World. [Online] http://www.seaworld.org/
This site contains brief animal profiles, and links to many educational resources.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Endangered Species Program. [Online] http://www.fws.gov/~r9endspp/endspp.html
This site uses advanced language but is very complete. It lists many species and has information on the Endangered Species Act.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Federal Wildlife and Related Laws Handbook. [Online] http://www.fws.gov/laws/federal/summaries/esa.html
This is a summary of the act.

World Conservation Monitoring Center. Threatened Animals of the World. [Online] http://www.wcmc.org.uk/data/database/rl_anml_combo.html, July 10, 1997.
Find an official list of threatened animals from this British organization.

Zoo Atlanta in Atlanta, GA. [Online] http://www.zooatlanta.org, February 15, 1997.
Another excellent zoo has described many of their endangered species and their species survival plans.


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