Are you studying zoology or planning a trip to the zoo soon? The Internet has some excellent animal resources to help you to begin your zoo adventure!
 
Official zoo home pages usually have some great webcams and information. The Monterey Bay Aquarium website has various webcams and educational games and activities. You can check out the giraffe cam and the meerkat cam at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Smithsonian Zoological National Park has a large list of animal webcams and lesson plans. SeaWorld.com has their great Animal Bytes page full of animal fact sheets.
 
National Geographic has print-and-go coloring books. and an A-Z animals directory.
 
First-School.ws has plenty of activity and coloring printables for the younger children. So does DlTK's animal page. ABCTeach.com has theme units about safari animals, the zoo, and the rain forest.
 
ChristianAnswers.net has lessons on animals in the Bible, and you can also click and listen to the various sounds that animals make.
 
So if you're not heading over to the zoo anytime soon, you can still study the animals with all of the great resources we have online.