Birds
Vultures
Carrion eaters
The Bald Eagle
A powerful raptor
The Harpy Eagle
The biggest and the baddest!
Penguins
A few facts
The Kookaburra
Australia's iconic laughing bird
Canada's Owls
We look at all sixteen of them. Sounds too!
Barn Owl Pellets
Silent hunters. See how to examine pellets to discover their diet
The Crow
Possibly the world's smartest creature, after you and me ... and I'm not too sure about you ...
The Magpie
This relative of the crow has a most distinctive call
The Loon
Hear the loon's eerie call
Hummingbirds
Tiny dynamos
The Ostrich
The world's largest bird
The Cassowary
The most dangerous bird
The Dodo Bird
Extinct but not forgotten
Animals in North America
The Horse
Describing the many breeds
Poisonous Creatures of Alberta
There are three ... do you know what they are?
Rattlesnakes
They live only in North and South America. Find out more
Toads
Beautiful in their own way
Bats
The only flying mammal
Squirrels of Alberta
Alberta has seven different kinds
Chipmunks of Alberta
Alberta has three different kinds
Snakes of Alberta
There are seven ... only one is dangerous
Porcupines
A north American icon
Raccoons
An urban pest, and very smart
Skunks
A smell you don't ever forget
Rats
An age-old pest
Rat Dissection
View it up close
Polar Bears
The world's largest land predator
Black Bears
THe smallest North American bear is also the most numerous
Grizzly Bears
A fearsome predator
The Wolf
An often misunderstood predator
The Wolverine
Small but a formidable predator
The Bison
Shaggy, and don't call them buffalo
The Cougar
North America's largest cat
The Moose
North America's 2nd largest animal
The Beaver
The largest North American rodent
The St Bernard
Everyone's favourite dog
The Border Collie
The world's smartest dog! Abby too!
The Cane Corso
Intimidating
Dachshunds
'Weiner Dogs'
Other Animal Life
Tardigrades
These tiny creatures can survive anywhere!
Poison Dart Frogs
Colourful but deadly!
Turtle Frogs
Frogs that look like turtles!
The Grasshopper Mouse
Small carnivores that hunt their prey and howl like wolves
The Coconut Crab
The world's largest arthropod
Vampire Bats
They're kind of cute ...
Alligators and Crocodiles
What's the differece? (other than when you see them)
The Cobra
A fearsome snake
The Green Anaconda
The heaviest snake
The Reticulated Python
The longest snake
Electric Eels
The shocking facts
Komodo Dragons
A true apex predator
Dangerous Creatures of Australia
Never again complain about Alberta mosquitos!
Elephants
Did you know there are three kinds?
Ivory
Trade in this now banned substance has decimated
the elephant population
The Hippopotamus
A dangerous herbivore
Tigers
Find out about tigers; our school adopted one!
The Tasmanian Devil
They'll eat anything
The Honey Badger
The fiercest predator?
The Platypus
looks like a cross between a duck and a beaver!
The Warthog
Grass eaters, but dangerous if cornered
The Meerkat
family groups keep them safe
Alpacas
Like llamas, only better!
Camels
There are three kinds
The Sugar Glider
An actual cute, cuddly and not dangerous Australian creature!
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Spiders
The Sydney Funnel Web Spider
The world's deadliest
The Black Widow Spider
Beautiful, and not deadly
The Tarantula
Big spiders
The Goliath Birdeater
The world's biggest spider
The Redback Spider
Australia's own black widow
Bugs
The Death Stalker
The world's deadliest scorpion
The Giant Venomous Centipede
The world's biggest centipede
Maggots
Another useful decomposer
Leeches
More useful than you might think ...
Bedbugs
They suck your blood at night
The Bot Fly
The movie 'Alien' in real life
The Dementor Wasp
Another soul sucker
Bumblebees
including some Canadian examples
Yellowjackets
Wasps we love to hate
Cochineal Beetles
They sacrified their lives so you can have lipstick
The Antlion
A fearsome predator if you're an ant
The Bombardier Beetle
Makes its own chemical reaction to spray predators
Fire Ants
A new threat
Lady Bugs
Cute, but they can be stinky, and one bites!
Monarch Butterfly
A migrating butterfly
Painted Lady
Butterflies in the Classroom
Earwigs
Fearsome looking, but harmless!
The Mosquito
Tiny bloodsuckers!
The Dragonfly
Scary predators but harmless
The Water Strider
How does it walk on water?
The Goliath Beetle
The world's heaviest insect
The Silk Worm
Silk is still a luxury item, made by silk worm larvae
The Praying Mantis
A brutal killer, but harmless to humans
The World's Largest Butterfly & Moth
They're huge
The Firefly
Tiny lights in the evening: how they work
Plant Life
Bamboo
An amazing resource
Tree Rings
How they're used to study past climates
The Largest Trees
Simply incredible
Deciduous Trees
and why their leaves turn colour. This may be the most beautiful page I've ever designed. Just saying.
Coniferous Trees
reroduce using cones. Most are evergreens, but a few are actually deciduous!
The Largest Flower
The 'corpse flower' is also the smelliest
Spanish Moss
Not a parasite!
Passion Fruit
Wonderfully delicious
Birdsnest Fungi
A remarkable fungus!
Figs
The oldest culivated 'fruit'
In the Seas and Lakes
Whales
The largest mammals
Orcas
Killer whales are apex predators
The Sperm Whale
Eats giant squid!
The Blue Whale
The largest creature that ever lived
Dolphins
Highly intelligent
Porpoises
The smallest toothed whale
Whale Sharks
The Biggest Fish
The Great White Shark
Lots of information here
The Great Hammerhead Shark
Strange but deadly
The Goliath Tigerfish
This nightmare fish snacks on crocodiles!
The Octopus
The smartest cephalopod
The Giant Squid
They exist!
Cuttlefish
A camouflage expert
Pufferfish
Sometimes called Blowfish, they're deadly!
Pirhana
Not as bloodthirsty as legend would have them
Cone Snails
The deadliest creature on Earth
Sealions
West coast giants
Flying Fish
Torpedoes with wings
The Great Australian Cuttlefish
A master of disguise
The Lamprey
The North American invasive parasitic fish
The Angler Fish
It 'fishes' for its prey using a glowing lure
The Seahorse
It's a fish!
The Axolotl
Cute, and scientifically amazing
Ancient Creatures
Fossils
The four types, and some remarkable examples
Carbon 14 Dating
Dating archaeological artifacts
A Time Line
of life on Earth
A Toilet Paper Time Line
Lay out the timeline above using toilet paper and a long hallway!
Tyrannosaurus Rex
The king!
Albertosaurus
Alberta's own T-Rex cousin
Dilophosaurus
What they really looked like
Megalodon
The largest fish ever
Titanoboa
The largest snake ever
Dinosaur Skin
What was its texture? Its colour?
Supercroc
This super-sized crocodile lived among the dinosaurs
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