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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: The Taiga Biome

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Ermine

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Taiga Animal Printouts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Tundra Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Even though the tundra is a frozen, windy place, animals survive there! See what animals make the tundra their home.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Ermine

For Students 9th - 10th
The ermine is widespread through the northern continents. Details about their physical features, habits and diet are given here.
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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life: Ermine

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Ermine

For Students 4th - 8th
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...