Virtual Zoos

Toronto Zoo: http://www.torontozoo.com/  Visit the different pavilions; lots of video and photos.

National Zoo at the Smithsonian: http://natzoo.si.edu/ A most amazing site with web cams, information and incredible photos.

Brevard Zoo: http://www.brevardzoo.org/ Take the panoramic virtual tour. You'll be right in Florida watching from the live cams!

Chaffee Zoo: http://www.chaffeezoo.org/ This zoo is inn Fresno, California and the site offers good research facts on the animals.

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo: http://www.cmzoo.org/ This zoo is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the site has an incredible resource on giraffes, including photos of a baby giraffe's birthing, and a giraffe web cam.

Cincinnati Zoo: http://www.cincyzoo.org/  This web site on the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio, has good information for research, especially about the relationship between plant life and animal life.

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo: http://clemetzoo.com/ This site offers a few unique items, including a fun and games section with a "Test Your Knowledge" quiz. The animal facts are quick to load and have concise information that is easy to read for young researchers.

Folsom Children's Zoo & Botanical Gardens: http://www.lincolnzoo.org/   This zoo is located in Nebraska. The interesting sections for this web site are the quick time movie videos of unique animals including a mother sloth and her new baby. There is also an "Ask the Zookeeper" section that features a current question and archives to former questions from children visiting the zoo.

Fort Wayne's Children's Zoo: http://www.kidszoo.com/ The best feature of this web site is the quick research facts to animals.

Utah's Hogle Zoo: http://www.xmission.com/~hoglezoo/ This web site has an amazing data bank of animal photos and information.

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo: http://www.lpzoo.com/ A good tour of the animals with information.

Australia's Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary: http://www.koala.net/ This is an excellent resource for studying Australian animals. Once you go into the Education section, the Kids Corner and Wildlife Fact Sheets are wonderful. They also feature two web cams - kangaroo and koala.

Minnesota Apple Valley Zoo: http://www.mnzoo.com/ This site offers 3 web cams, animal information and a kids corner.

San Francisco Zoo: http://www.sfzoo.org/ Great list of animals for research and a kids section with games and activities.

Sea World/Busch Gardens: http://www.seaworld.org/ Shamu is the guide to kids' exploration of animals and games.

The Electronic Zoo: http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm A place to search and explore online.

Virtual Zoo: http://www.lawrencegoetz.com/zoo/ A homemade zoo page.

Switcheroo Zoo: http://www.switcheroozoo.com/  A place for kids to create their own animals by switching head, feet and tails.