Sometimes, the most entertaining and educational way to learn more about a subject is to track the information down for yourself. Use the links below, and Internet search engines like GOOGLE to learn more about your favorite animals.

• Animals of the Arctic
• Discovery Online Animal Guide
• Malaysian Elephant Centre
• The Tiger Information Center
• The Humane Society

Animal Behavior/Research
• The Albatross Project
• Tracking Elephants in Cameroon
• Field Trip Earth
• The Jane Goodall Institute Website

Endangered Species
• US Fish and Wildlife Service
• List of Endangered Species
• Endangered Species on EE-Link
• EcoKids Online
• Endangered Species Fact Sheets

Before there were web pages, there were book pages. If you're interested in learning more about Zoos the old fashioned way, we suggest searching the library for some of the following books:

Zoo and Aquarium History

Selected bibliography - Please note that these publications are listed here for information purposes only - they are not Bartlett Society publications. In addition, some zoos/aquariums have published their institutional histories (contact the zoos/aquariums directly since many have not been commercially published or are out of print).

• General Zoo and Aquarium History

Zoo and Aquarium History: Ancient Animal Collections to Zoological Gardens, Vernon N. Kisling, Jr. (ed.), CRC Press, 2000

Encyclopedia of the World's Zoos, Catharine Bell (ed.), Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001

New Worlds, New Animals: From Menagerie to Zoological Park in the Nineteenth Century, Robert Hoage and William Deiss (eds), 1996

The Ark Evolving: Zoos and Aquariums in Transition, Christen Wemmer (ed), 1996

Savages and Beasts: The Birth of the Modern Zoo, Nigel Rothfels, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.

Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots: Exotic Animals in Eighteenth Century Paris, Louise E. Robbins, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002

Zoo City: Bourgeois Values and Scientific Culture in the Industrial Landscape, Patrick Wirtz, Journal of Urban Design, 2(1): 61-82, 1997

Zoos of the World, James Fisher, 1967

Histoire des Menageries de l'Antiquite a nos Jours, Gustave Loisel, 1912 (three volume edition in French)

• North American Zoo and Aquarium History

Institutional histories are numerous and are not included here. Contact the individual zoo or aquarium for a history of their institution.

Animal Attractions: Nature on Display in American Zoos, Elizabeth A. Hanson, Princeton University Press, 2002

Jungles of Eden: The Design of American Zoos, Jeffrey Hyson, IN: Environmentalism in Landscape Architecture, Michel Conan, ed, 2000

The Origin and Development of American Zoological Parks to 1899, Vernon Kisling, IN: New Worlds, New Animals: From Menagerie to Zoological Park, 1996

The Forgotten Aquariums of Boston, Jerry Ryan, Finley Aquatic Books, 2nd rev. ed., 2002

The Travelling Menagerie in America, 1813-1834, Stuart Thayer, 1989

American Zoological Gardens: Elements of Metropolitan Landscapes, Rod C. McKenzie, Journal of Cultural Geography 6(2): 1-18, 1986

The American Idea of a Zoological Park: An Intellectual History, Jeffrey Stott, PhD Dissertation, University of California, 1981

The Historical Origins of the Zoological Park in American Thought, Environmental Review 5(2): 52-65, 1981

• Professional Associations

Various papers on the history of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA, formerly AAZPA) are presented on the AZA Internet site - for members only - via the Resource Center page. The September 1997 issue of Communiqué was devoted to the 25th anniversary of the AZA as an independent association.

The Independence of AAZPA, Robert Wagner, AZA Regional Conference Proceedings, 1996

Historical Perspectives of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, Murray E. Fowler, 1977

Zoo and Aquarium Professionals: The History of AAZK, Rachel Rogers, 1992

• Other Recent Publications

Die Kulturgeschichte des Zoos [The Cultural History of Zoos], Lothar Dittrich, Dietrich von Engelhardt, & Annelore Rieke-Muller, eds, 2001

The Pope's Elephant, Silvio A. Bendini, 2000 (Paperback version of the hardcover edition published in 1998 - a story about the elephant "Hanno" and the rhino sent by the King of Portugal to Pope Leo X and includes information on sixteenth century collections in Portugal and Rome)

Who Was Belle Benchley? The Victimizing of History, Ken Kawata, International Zoo News, 47(1): 4-11, 2000 -&-Hediger Who?, Ken Kawata, International Zoo News, 38(4): 5-10, 1991

From Menageries to Conservation Centres – Indian Zoos After Independence, Sally Walker, Indian Zoo Year Book, 3: 126-18?, 2000

The Rhinoceros in Captivity, L. C. Rookmaker, Hague: SPB Academic Publishing, 1998

Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris, Michael Allin, New York: Walker Publishing, 1998

Hagenbeck: Tiere, Menschen, Illusionen [Hagenbeck: Animals, People, Illusions], Matthias Gretzschel and Ortwin Pelc, Hamburg: Hamburger Abendblatt (Hamburg Museum), 1998

Colonial Menageries and the Exchange of Exotic Faunas, Vernon Kisling, Archives of Natural History 25(3): 303-320

London Zoo From Old Photographs, 1852-1914, John Edwards, London: published by the author, 1996