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    June is National Zoo and Aquarium month, and today we are going on a virtual zoo hop. I hope you enjoy the lions, and tigers, and bears, oh my!

    		Zoo Animals Resource Handout for Classroom or Homeschool: Just $2.00

    Houston Zoo4 stars

    Best clicks for virtual visitors are found under Meet the Animals and Exhibits. Click around and you'll find articles about Animal Art, Animal Care, and a whole section on animal conservation. "In recent years, conservation biologists have drawn our attention to a worldwide decline in wild populations of frogs, toads, and salamanders – a phenomenon that has come to be called the Global Amphibian Crisis."



    Lincoln Park Zoo: Animals5 stars

    In addition to browsing the annotated animal photo gallery (which is appropriate for all ages), older students can explore the Conservation & Science section about international effects by Lincoln’s scientists to "identify threats to zoo and wild populations and develop strategies to ensure their continued existence." For example, the Goualougo Triangle Ape Project is studying gorillas and chimpanzees in a remote part of the Republic of Congo.

    Los Angeles Zoo: Animals & Plants5 stars

    Amphibians, birds, invertebrates, mammals, and reptiles are all on display at the LA Zoo, along with a botanical garden. Other sections on my do-not-miss list are Rainforest of the Americas and Elephants of Asia. "Elephants of Asia is designed to increase appreciation, amazement, and wonder for these great animals and to familiarize guests with the challenges Asian elephants face in the wild, including their shrinking natural habitat."

    National Zoo5 stars

    Highlights of The National Zoo in Washington, D.C. are the Meet the Animals photo gallery, arranged alphabetically from Abyssinian ground hornbill to Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle, and the live webcams (lion, elephant, and giant panda.) "Welcome to the Smithsonian's National Zoo's Panda Cams, where you can watch giant pandas Tian Tian, Mei Xiang, and Bei Bei. While you're watching pandas chomp on bamboo, play in trees and tumble in the grass, specially trained volunteers with Friends of the National Zoo are hard at work using these cameras to collect behavioral data on the giant pandas."

    San Diego Zoo: Kids5 stars

    First stop on our virtual tour of the world-famous San Diego Zoo is their kid section for their zoo games, animal crafts, science experiments, and profiles of "Wildly Famous Featured Creatures." The zoo does a lot of work in animal conservation, and their site has an excellent section on research efforts in China, the Pacific Islands, the southwestern United States, the Caribbean Islands, and South America. For specific animal backgrounders (for reports and such) return to the main zoo homepage, and click on Animals.

    		Zoo Animals Resource Handout for Classroom or Homeschool: Just $2.00



    Honorable Mentions

    The following links are either new discoveries or sites that didn't make it into my newspaper column because of space constraints. Enjoy!

    Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden

    Denver Zoo

    Kansas City Zoo

    Oakland Zoo


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    Feldman, Barbara. "Zoo Animals." Surfnetkids. Feldman Publishing. 30 May. 2017. Web. 20 Jun. 2018. <https://www.surfnetkids.com/resources/zoo-animals/ >.


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    By . Originally published May 30, 2017. Last modified May 8, 2018.

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