There are many sites on the internet for us to connect with nature. We can be amused, dazzled, thrilled or just interested by various web sites. Here are some examples:
Go to this link for a really amusing "discovery" video about penguins from the BBC. click here Once on that site, you can watch some of the other amusing animal videos.
If you are enthralled with bugs, try click here for some wonderful photos and interesting facts about the insect world. It is an American web site, but the bugs are international!
click here for another fascinating site, with information from the world of science about just about anything in the world, including nature. Visit this site if you are interested in astronomy. To look at most of the information on this site, you have to register. But it is free. Don't forget our own Terence Dickinson's web page, click here Check out the view from the space station at night!If you want something closer to home, try click here It is meant to be a destination site for would-be tourists, but there is lots of information on our country here.
If you are interested in local nature, you can start with the Simcoe Nature Board, click here This is our local bulletin board of sightings in Simcoe County. Managed by Bob Bowles, the site is populated by local people just like you, who post their sightings from our area. Birds, insects, plants, etc., are all here, and you can ask questions too.
This is just a start on nature on the web, so get clicking!