Ridgeview Middle School

Animals

General Animals 

• Animal Diversity Web - University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• Animal Information Database - Sea World
• Enchanted Learning
• National Aquarium - Animals
• Wild Western North Carolina

Chesapeake Bay Creatures

General Information

• Assateague Naturalist
• Chesapeake and Coastal Bay Life
• Chesapeake Bay - Animals
• Organism Menu
• Photo Album - Chesapeake Bay Critters

Specific Animals

American Bullfrog

• American Bullfrog
• Bullfrog

American Eel

• American Eel
• American Eel 2

American Oyster

• American Oyster

American Shad

• American Shad

Atlantic Sturgeon

• Atlantic Sturgeon

Asian Tiger Mosquito

• The Asian Mosquito in Maryland
• Asian Tiger Mosquito 
• Asian Tiger Mosquito (2)

Bald Eagle

• American Bald Eagle
• American Bald Eagle Information
• National Wildlife Federation - American Bald Eagle

Barnacle

• Barnacle
• Biology of Barnacles

Basking Shark

• Basking Shark
• Biological Profiles - Basking Shark

Beaver

• All about Beavers
• Beaver

Blue Crab

• Blue Crab
• Blue Crab Facts
• Blue Crab Information

Blue Heron

• All About Birds - Great Blue Heron
• Great Blue Heron
• Patuxent Wildlife Center - Great Blue Heron

Bobcat

• Bobcat
• Bobcat Key Facts

Bottlenose Dolphin

• Bottlenose Dolphin
• Bottlenose Dolphin 2

Channel Catfish

• Channel Catfish
• Channel and White Catfish

Clam

• Clam Chesapeake Bay
• Clam Chesapeake Bay (in Spanish)

Clearnose Skate

• Clearnose Skate
• Clearnose Skate - National Aquarium

Copperhead Snake

• Copperhead Snake

Cottontail Rabbit

• Cottontail Rabbit
• Eastern Cottontail Rabbit

Cownose Ray

• Cownose Ray
• Cownose Ray - National Wildlife Federation
• Cownose Ray - Biological profile 

Diamondback Terrapin

• Diamondback Terrapin

Eastern Box Turtle

• Amphibian and Reptile Collection: Eastern Box Turtle
• Animal Facts - Eastern Box Turtle
• Eastern Box Turtle

Eastern Oyster

• Eastern Oyster

Eastern Painted Turtle

• Painted Turtle
• The Painted Turtle

Eastern Screech Owl

• Eastern Screech Owl
• Owl Identification Guide - Eastern Screech Owl

Fiddler Crab

• Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
• Fiddler Crab

Garter Snake

• Common Garter Snake
• Eastern Garter Snake
• Garter Snakes

Gray Squirrel

• Gray Squirrel

Green Frog

• All About Frogs - Green Frog
• Green Frog
• The Green Frog

Hammerhead Shark

• Great Hammerhead
• Great Hammerhead Shark

Hard Shell Clam

• Chesapeake and Costal Bay Life - Hard Shell Clam

Horseshoe Crab

• Horseshoe Crabs

Humpback Whale

• American Cetacean Society - Humpback Whale
• Humpback Whale
• Sea Dwellers - Humpback Whale

Jellyfish

• Jellyfish
• Sea Science - Jellyfish

Lined Seahorse

• Lined Seahorse
• Shedd Aquarium - Lined Seahorse

Mallard Duck

• Brandywine Zoo - Mallard Duck
• Mallard
• Patuxent Wildlife Center - Mallard
• Wildlife Fact Sheets - Mallard

Muskrat

• Muskrat
• Muskrat Species

Mussel

• Blue Mussel

Mute Swan

• All About Birds - Mute Swan
• Mute Swan
• Mute Swan - Hamilton Zoo

Northern Cardinal

• All About Birds - Northern Cardinal
• Nature Works: Northern Cardinal
• Northern Cardinal

Northern Puffer

• Nothern Puffer

Nutria

• Nutria
• Nutria Biology

Osprey

• Osprey

Oyster Toadfish

• Oyster Toadfish
• Science Daily - Oyster Toadfish

Peregrine Falcon

• Harpers Ferry Peregrine Falcon Restoration Project
• Falcon Facts

Plankton

• Plankton
• Plankton of Chesapeake Bay
• Zooplankton

Pufferfish

• Enchanted Learning - Pufferfish
• Stripped Burrfish

Raccoon

• Feature Creatures - Raccoon
• Raccoon
• Raccoon Fact Sheet

Red Drum

• Red Drum

Red Fox

• Red Fox
• Red Fox Information

River Otter

• North American River Otter
• River Otter
• River Otter Fact Sheet

Ruddy Duck

• All About Birds - Ruddy Duck
• Ruddy Duck
• Ruddy Duck 2

Salmon

• Atlantic Salmon
• Atlantic Salmon Facts

Sandbar Shark

• Marine Biology - Sandbar Shark
• Sandbar Shark
• Sandbar Shark - Critter of the Month

Sea Anemone

• Ghost Anemone
• Sea Anemones

Seahorse

• Lined Seahorse
• Project Seahorse

Snapping Turtle

• Animal Facts - Common Snapping Turtle
• Common Snapping Turtle

Sponge

• Wonders of the Sea: Sponges

Sting Ray

• Cownose Ray
• Southern Stingray 
• Sharks & Rays

Striped Bass

• Freshwater Fishing - Striped Bass
• Striped Bass

Veined Rapa Whelk

• Introduction to the Veined Rapa Whelk
• The Veined Rapa Whelk
• Veined Rapa Whelk

Weakfish

• Weakfish

Whitetail Deer

• Whitetail Deer

Zebra Mussel

• Zebra Mussel
• Exotic Zebra Mussel 
• Zebra Mussels