San Diego Zoo Games

Spotting animals in the wild is not always easy due to camouflage and other hiding techniques. The San Diego Zoo shows this wonderfully well in their online game Where’s the Animal? Landscapes that don’t seem to have any living creatures are displayed, and you move your computer cursor around them till you find the...

Virtual Zoo Visit

If you feel like visiting a zoo this weekend but there’s not one near you, it might be time to book a trip. Meanwhile, check out the website of the Na...

Smithsonian Online Fun

You would hope that our world’s largest museum and zoo has a wonderful collection of online resources, and the Smithsonian delivers.  They have on...

Turtle Fun

Turtles have been making the news lately due to the Gulf oil spill, but today’s Friday so it’s time to have some fun. Save the Turtles, Inc. is a Cali...

Friendly Mascots

 “Mascot”, according to Wikipedia, means any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck and that represents a group with a common public iden...

Wildlife Trivia

Considering the popularity of shows like Jeopardy, it occurred to me that you might enjoy an online wildlife trivia game. The Oracle Education Foundation’s ThinkQuest has six online animal quizzes, with one for each continent.  They’re egalitarian – they ...