General animal info:
Animal Diversity Web will tell you all you want to know (and then some) about any animal's phylum, class, order, family genus and species. Want to know what makes reptile a reptile? Start here.
The San Diego Zoo's site for kids has some good, general information about animals. It's focused on the species they have in their collection which is notoriously huge.
Biology4kids.com is a good one for general info, too.
Endangered species are the subject at this kid-friendly site by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
National Geographic has good animal info for kids
Texas Parks & Wildlife's outstanding site is one I visit frequently.
They have outstanding materials
specifically for kids,
general info great for all nature enthusiasts and a totally cool
"Nature Trackers" program that allows you to help them participate in
surveys/studies of amphibians, box turtles, hummingbirds, monarch butterflies,
prairie dogs, horned lizards and more!
Specific animals featured in Lucas' songs and stories:
Jesús Rivas, anaconda researcher, has an excellent site about anacondas and other tropical animals
Honeybees are the focus of this fact-filled site
Kemp's ridley sea turtles-great site from some very dedicated scientists and volunteers. Also, here's an excellent article about the project to re-establish them on Padre Island National Seashore in Texas.
Monarch watch-everything you want to know about monarch butterflies, their migrations and how YOU can help them!
Journey North-an exemplary science site; doesn't get any better than this!
The frogs & toads of Texas! Oh, how I love them! If you love them to you might want to learn how to go on a frog survey in your town
ALL about Mexican free-tailed bats direct from "Bat Man" Dr. Merlin Tuttle, founder of Bat Conservation International
Mitchell Lake Audubon Center-another inspiring story; once the bane of south-central San Antonio, now a model of ecological restoration
Great, kid-friendly article about the return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park. This was the subject of the song A Deer In My Cadillac