National Geographic, an excellent resource for educators, has a wonderful site with Animal Facts that I learned about from Mary Beth Hertz (@mbteach) (who is a great educator and resource for other educators).

Animal Facts is a collection of facts and information on all kinds of animals. It is arranged by type of animal: amphibian, bird, fish, etc. On the right side of the page is a listing of animals alphabetically.

Each animal page has photos, resources, fast facts, and a map of where their habitat is.

Here's the page for Giant Squid:

You can also quickly share each page via Facebook, Twitter, Buzz, Stumble upon, and email making it easier to share with your students.

It's a great resource for teachers and students.

Encyclopedia of Life is a website that has web pages for each species of organism. Each page contains photos, physical description, habitat, references, other links, taxonomy and much more. You can even create a free account and contribute to the pages.



It is easy to use, easy to read, well designed and informative. It is a definite for all biology teachers and students.