Don't forget to ask the librarian if there are books set aside on "school reserve" for your topic!

Animal Info: Information on Endangered Mammals

Brief information, including pictures, biology, habitat, and status of endangered mammals worldwide. Selections include World's Rarest Mammals with population statistics; an Individual Species Index listing both common and scientific names; a Species Group Index; a directory of Animal Links, Organizations, and Publications; and Country Index.

Bagheera: A Website for our Endangered Species

A beautiful site with lots of images and information about species that are vanishing and extinct. Classroom studies is a section of "In the Wild" that is particularly informative about the causes of extinction. These pages are included in the larger Endangered Earth site, also worth exploring.

Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

Learn about Connecticut's wildlife that is endangered or threatened with wonderful PDF illustrated fact sheets.

Endangered! Exploring a World at Risk

"Endangered!" is a project of the American Museum of Natural History that offers information on over 30 endangered animals and 4 endangered habitats.

Especies Fact Sheets

Electronic fact sheets on over 50 species listed by continent and including status, description, size, lifespan, range, habitat, food, behavior, offspring, threats and protection information.

LINK Endangered Species

Try the section for beginners, or the species list to get information on a particular animal, but there is also lots of information on laws, organizations, news and causes.

National Wildlife Federation: Wildlife: Keeping the Wild Alive

Information on 20 species, from the American Pronghorn to tne Whooping Crane, includes a fact file and information about how to make a difference.

Shamu TV

Shamu TV features four unforgettable stories about wildlife and the amazing efforts of people working together to save some of the world's most endangered and threatened species.

Species Under Threat

Data sheets on 140 endangered species - animals, birds and marine life.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: The Endangered Species Program

Up to date information about threatened species and what the government is doing to protect them..

World Wildlife Fund: Endangered Species

Information on wildlife trade, pandas, gorillas, rhinos, whales and dolphins, tigers, elephants, polar bears and other species, plus tips on what you can do.

Although these Web resources are good and include pictures and lots of information, you will want to try our article databases for more.

• Go to the student section of our research databases by clicking here.
• Select "Student Edition" or "Junior Edition" and enter your Wilton Library barcode number with no spaces between numbers in the space provided.
• Enter your search terms in the entry box and click the search button [note: you may want to limit the search to articles "with full text only" by checking that box before you search]
• A search of endangered AND species in the Student Edition brought up 1,359 full text articles, for instance, from magazines like Science News, Natural History and Audubon, to name a few!

Remember, if you use a search engine like Google on the Web, use quotation marks around phrases like "endangered species" or "bald eagle" to get better results! And always on the Web - be a careful consumer: check the source of the site to make sure it's giving you reliable and up to date information!