Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: The Taiga Biome
This resource offers a detailed overview of the taiga biome, including its locations, the types of plants and animals that live there, and other interesting facts.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Ermine
The Missouri Botanical Gardens offers a general overview of the ermine, a small mammal that lives in the taiga biome. Learn about what ermines eat, how they survive, and how they raise their young.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Taiga Animal Printouts
Colorful pictures of animals found in the taiga biome such as the arctic fox, bald eagle, gray wolf, and muskrat. Information is provided about each animal when clicked.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Tundra Animals
Even though the tundra is a frozen, windy place, animals survive there! See what animals make the tundra their home.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Ermine
The ermine is widespread through the northern continents. Details about their physical features, habits and diet are given here.
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life: Ermine
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Ermines (Mustela erminea), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be found here.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Ermine
Ermine are highly adaptable predators, easily invading small burrows to feed on voles, mice, and young rabbits. They also eat earthworms, frogs, and squirrels, climbing trees and swimming if necessary. Learn more about the Mustela...