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Creatures Ants | Bees | Butterflies | Insects | Fish | Amphibians | Reptiles | People |
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Ants
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 An introduction to leaf-cutter ants |
 How leaf-cutter ants live in nature, with understandable cut-away drawings |
 A WhyFiles story on the first farmers in this hemisphere |
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 Site for kids about the alien-like creatures that already live on earth: ants. |
 Photos of leafcutter ants in Costa Rica. (with links to videos) |
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Bees
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 Practical beekeeping advice from a Peace Corps volunteer beekeeper in the Fiji Islands. |
 What are the results of poor pollination on fruit? This page shows. |
 Compendium of beekeeping information from the University of Florida. |
 Animated companion to the PBS Nature series "Alien Nation." Great for older kids, too! |
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 More from the PBS Nature series "Alien Nation. |
 Everything about different kinds of bees and beekeeping. |
 Companion to Tales from the Hive. Includes anatomy of a beehive, bee facts, etc. . |
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Butterflies
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 A beautifully-done site about butterfly migration. Updated continually, keeps track of migrations north and south. |
 A site sponsored by the University of Kansas, all about monarch butterflies. |
 A WhyFiles page about migration, including information about bird and seal migration. |
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 World Wildlife Foundation page about the endangered Monarch butterfly. |
 Monarch butterflies have one of the world's most fascinating migration paths. Learn about it here! |
 A website about the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, discussing migration. |
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Fish
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 More fish pictures; these are found in the Great Lakes. |
 They said it wouldn't happen - the oceans were inexhaustible... |
 Lots of questions and answers about fish. |
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Amphibians and Reptiles
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 A site created in South Carolina about their local reptiles and amphibians. |
 A website about frogs created by someone who clearly thinks about frogs most of the time. |
 Ok, they're no longer living, but dinosaurs were the largest reptiles ever. |
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People
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 Photographs of actual human cross-sections. Well labelled, but not for small children. |
 Human body for kids (the gross and cool stuff... burps, bad breath, boogers, etc.) |
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Insects
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 A good place to start to learn about insects and how interesting they are. |
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