To make it easier to study animals, scientists have arranged them into groups. All the animals in each group are alike in one or more important ways. Mammals If an animal drinks milk when it's a...
Art in nature
Many beautiful creatures live on this earth. Some of them are so colorful that they look as though they were painted by a great artist. > The Wing of a Butterfly from Peru > Star Tortoise from...
Red-Sided Garter Snake
> Animals are everywhere > > . . . swimming, splashing, and floating in oceans, lakes, rivers, and > ponds. > > Painted Turtles > > Water Beetle > Clown Sea Slug > > Bottle-Nosed Dolphin ...
An animal grows up
> Lions > > As the lion cub grows up, it will learn from its mother and father > many things about being a lion. Could a parrot ever roar like a lion? Could a frog learn to fly like a bird? Could...
New living things
> Baby and Adult Mexican Bean Beetles > > The baby beetle, at left, is very different from the adult. But when > the baby grows up, it will look like the adult. All living things come from other...
Animals eat
> Earthworm > > An earthworm makes tunnels in the ground by eating through the dirt. > It feeds on bits of plants and leaves in the dirt. > Alfalfa Butterfly > > A butterfly's proboscis is like...
Animals move
Plants can't move from place to place by themselves, but animals move in many different ways. A clam has one foot that it uses for digging into mud or sand. A penguin walks on two legs. A kudu...
Plant or animal?
Is this a flower eating a fish? No, this is an animal called a sea anemone eating a fish. Do you know the best way to tell the difference between a plant and an animal? You can't always tell by...
The Animal Kingdom
What's the difference between a pussy willow and a pussycat? For a pussy willow, being alive is growing from a seed in the ground. It is having roots to get water from the ground. It is staying in...
