General Information On Arabian Vertebrates

• http://www.uaeinteract.com/nature/
  information on the wildlife of the United Arab Emirates
• http://www.uaeinteract.com/uaeint_misc/pdf_2009/The-Emirates-A-Natural-History/
  this volume on UAE natural history can be viewed online and contains extensive material on Arabian vertebrates
• http://www.enhg.org
  the website of the Emirates Natural History Group has numerous articles about Arabian vertebrates; specific subjects can be found using the excellent search facility on the site
• http://www.breedingcentresharjah.com/
  on vertebrates of the Arabian Peninsula from the Breeding Centre for Arabian Wildlife, Sharjah – includes photographs

General Information On Vertebrates

• http://www.biology.uc.edu/faculty/jayne/videos.htm
  excellent web page containing a number of short, downloadable videos showing movement characteristics of snakes and lizards
• http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0703/articles/mainarticle.html
  article about animal locomotion on the National Geographic website directed at children
• http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/AnimalIndexV.htm
  well-organised basic introduction to vertebrates with links to other relevant websites
• http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/vertintro.html
  a more advanced introduction to vertebrates, including a large glossary
• http://www.earthlife.net/begin.html
  an educational website with with large sections on mammals and fish, including sharks
• http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Vertebrata.html
  this is a large website with excellent information on all animal species; fairly advanced, but well written
• http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/biodiversity/galindex.html
  a useful website with general information about vertebrates and their ecology
• http://www.big-animals.com/Vertebrates.html
  ‘The Longest, Largest, Tallest, Heaviest and Biggest in the Animal Kingdom’ – fact-filled website with useful, easy-to-understand information on vertebrates; other sections deal with invertebrates

Fossil Vertebrates

• http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/default.htm
  extensive website on vertebrates, including fossils; fairly advanced, but contains a large number of useful images including skeletal drawings
• http://www.kidsciencelink.com/paleontology/index.html
  large directory of links to palaeontology websites for young people
• http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/vertfr.html
  information on fossil vertebrates from the University of California Museum of Paleontology; easy to navigate
• http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/index.html
  this section of the British Museum of Natural History website contains a large amount of information on both vertebrates and invertebrates
• http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals
  numerous articles on vertebrates, including informative fact files on many species
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/
  information about many vertebrates, including Arabian species such as oryx, dugong and turtles

For Younger Children

• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/
  a useful website containing a large variety of information for younger children

Useful Images

• http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AnimalIndex/
  the website of the Smithsonian National Zoological Park has many photographs of vertebrate species, as well as factual information and webcams
• http://www.edupic.net
  an excellent photographic resource containing free images of wildlife for teacher and student use
• http://www.arkive.org/
  videos, images and fact files on a large number of animal species worlwide; new material added regularly