At Animal Fact Guide, you can learn about interesting and endangered animals from around the world.
All of our articles, quizzes, and worksheets are written by real people. Read about the founders below.
Animal Fact Pages
Each fact sheet features an animal’s physical characteristics, habitat (with a range map), diet, breeding patterns, unique traits and behavior, conservation information, and tips on what you can do to help.
If you would like to learn more about a particular animal you have seen on the site, we have listed other good online resources at the bottom of that animal’s fact page.
Animal Quizzes
You can test your knowledge about animals with our fun animal quizzes. How much do you know about baby animal names, sea animals, Arctic animals, or animal poop? Find out on our Animal Quizzes page.
Wildlife Blog
Our Wildlife Blog showcases fascinating animal discoveries and news, along with cute animal photos and videos.
Free Printables
If you’re looking for some animal-related activities, visit the Fun Stuff page to download FREE animal coloring pages, word searches, and mazes. The coloring pages, mazes, and word searches are provided as printable PDFs.
Our Teacher Tools section provides educators with worksheets designed to help students develop reading and internet research skills while learning about the animals of the world.
Awards and Site Reviews
Education World Site Review
Education World, an online resource for teachers, gave Animal Fact Guide an overall A rating.
About the Founders
Animal Fact Guide is run by children’s book author-illustrator Abi Cushman and middle school Language Arts teacher P.A. Smith.
Based in Connecticut, Cushman and Smith started Animal Fact Guide in 2007 in order to build a comprehensive resource for those interested in learning about wildlife and conservation.
Cushman and Smith also manage My House Rabbit, a pet rabbit care website.