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Animal hospital     Many a pet's life ends simply because inappropriate behavior leads the owner to "put the animal to sleep." On this Web site you can find out more about the problem, review questions and answers with specialized animal behaviorists, and test your knowledge of more exotic animals. Information is communicated in text narrative form, and in the form of question and answer. Limited content. From NOVA Online | Animal Hospital http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vets/

Endocrine disrupters     Are synthetic chemicals causing hormonal chaos? Disrupting our endocrine systems, and those of wildlife? From Endocrine disrupters http://whyfiles.org/045env_hormone/

Congo gorilla forest     Online version of the Bronx Zoo's most spectacular exhibit ever, has animal facts, an online game and a virtual tour of the brand new Congo Gorilla Forest. The exhibit is designed to get people involved in saving the African rain forest, and to solicit donations. From home http://www.congogorillaforest.com/home.html

Cats: Plans for Perfection     Explore how nature "designed" the cat by examining cat's skeletal, and muscular systems, coat, behavior, and explore a cat's gallery. From Cats @ nationalgeographic.com http://www.nationalgeographic.com/cats/index.html

King cobra     Get familiar with king Cobra. Study its habits, anatomy, and myths and legends about it. Difficult to use, but interesting. From National Geographic: Interactive King Cobra http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kingcobra/index.html

Beast of Loch Ness     Examples of real animals once thought to be nonexistent, and myths and legends behind the discoveries of those animals, such as Africa's ocapi. There is also a narration of how the legend of Loch Ness monsters came to be and eyewitness accounts. There are experiments with sonar and descriptions of how the sonar works. The site is done mostly using text narration and images. From NOVA Online | The Beast of Loch Ness http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lochness/

MicroAngela's Electron Microscope Image Gallery     Familiar and unexpected views of the microscopic are revealed though these wonderful colorized images from electron microscopes. Engaging (and sometimes amusing) collection of images, including insects, parasites, human cells, and plankton, with interesting explanations. Electron microscopes use a beam of electrons as their source of illumination. Inviting and easy to use. From MicroAngela's Electron Microscope Image Gallery http://www.pbrc.hawaii.edu/bemf/microangela/

Frogs     Frogs: their anatomy, habitats, eating patterns, courtship. Few people realize just how ancient frogs are. For 190 million years, the ancestors of modern frogs have roamed (if not ruled) the earth, looking much the same as they do today. From Exploratorium: Frogs http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/