A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis Larvatus)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the proboscis monkey. Discusses their classification and evolution, physical appearance, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet, predators, interesting facts, threats...
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Dian Fossey
Find out about one of the foremost primatologists who undertook an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups over a period of 18 years in the mountain forests of Rwanda.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Human Vision
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Sight, or vision, is the ability to see light. It depends on the eyes detecting light and forming images. It also depends on the brain making sense of the images, so...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Cenozoic Era the Age of Mammals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the Cenozoic Era, the age of mammals.
BBC
Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Eastern Gorilla
BBC's Nature Wildfacts series offers habitat photographs of the eastern gorilla of Africa as well as a fact sheet.
BBC
Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Bornean Orangutan
This site has a detailed fact sheet on the Bornean orangutan.
BBC
Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Sumatran Orangutan
This resource provides information about the Sumatran orangutan.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo: Western Lowland Gorilla
Use this site for information on the Western Lowland Gorilla. The information consists of special adaptations the gorilla has had to make, what it looks like, where it is found in the wild, what it likes to eats, and what its...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Lucy: The First Hominid Skeleton
Read about the archaeologists who discovered the first Hominid skeleton and other ancestors of humans.
PBS
Pbs Nature: Orangutans
Come and check out this awesome resource on orangutans. Students who need help narrowing their informational search will benefit from this clear and concise resource.
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
World Wildlife Fund: Chimpanzee
See what you can learn about Chimpanzees with this World Wildlife Fund information page.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ruffed Lemur O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about the ruffed lemur and it contains information about the habitat, diet, and other ecological information. Make sure to read about the release...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Goeldi's Monkey
As part of the Primates exhibit at the National Zoo, this site highlights various facts and interesting information on Goeldi's Monkey. In addition to several pictures, the site provides a description and information on habitat, diet,...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Golden Headed Lion Tamarin
As part of the Primates exhibit at the National Zoo, this site highlights various facts and interesting information on the Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin. In addition to several pictures, the site provides a description and information on...
PBS
Pbs: Madagascar, a World Apart What's a Lemur?
This PBS site, which explores the near paradise of Madagascar, provides a general overview of lemurs.
PBS
Pbs: The Living Edens Madagascar
Informative site that includes information about the land of Madagascar as well as the animals that inhabit it. Accompanies a PBS video, but you do not necessarily need the video to check out the site. Includes lesson plans as well as a...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Tarsier (Tarsius)
This entry identifies the defining characteristics of the Tarsius, more commonly known as the Tarsier.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Mountain Gorilla O Logy Card
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information about the mountain gorilla.
Bagheera
Bagheera: Mountain Gorilla
This site takes a look at the physical characteristics and habitat of the mountain gorilla, with a special emphasis on how this animal has become endangered and ongoing conservation efforts. Learning activities are available from the...
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo: White Cheeked Gibbon
This resource is a great tool for research on the White-cheeked Gibbon. Information that is offered is on the Gibbon's physical description, its habitat, its niche, and its life history.
National Wildlife Federation
Ranger Rick's Go Wild!: Leapin' Lemurs!
Do you want to learn more about lemurs? Read these fun and interesting facts about one type of lemur, the Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur!
Duke University
Duke University Lemur Center: Aye Aye
This site provides a general overview of the Aye-aye, complete with several photographs and recorded vocalizations.
PBS
Pbs Nature: Lemur
What do you know about lemurs? This site provides an insight into how lemurs live, their habitats, their social environments and more.
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo: Sumatran Orangutan
The Denver Zoo provides an in-depth overview of the Sumatran orangutan highlighting its habitat, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
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