Links

 This webpage has collections of website links for the books in the series Young Science: Bat Poop Sparkles, Bug Juice, and Otters Hold Hands. These links go to websites with information on the animal science used to write these books. Learn more about each of these animal facts at these websites for news and science. Each of these links was suitable for families when we visited it.

Bat Poop Sparkles

https://carnegiemnh.org/how-to-wear-your-shell-snail-vs-monoplacophoran/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/29/box-seat-scientists-solve-the-mystery-of-why-wombats-have-cube-shaped-poo

https://www.newsweek.com/where-does-sand-come-parrotfish-poop-makes-white-beaches-and-now-scientists-714024

https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/fish/tough-teeth-and-parrotfish-poop

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/how-to/identify-wildlife/how-to-identify-animal-droppings/

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife/how-identify/identify-poo

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/flying-by-the-fat-of-the-sea/

https://livescience.com/penguins-projectile-poo.html

http://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/poopy-projectiles-penguins-can-fling-their-feces-over-four-feet-study-finds/

https://www.science.org/content/article/frass-flies

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/quirks-quarks-for-may-9-2015-1.3066421/bombardier-beetle-blasts-toxic-spray-from-its-butt-1.3066535

https://entomologytoday.org/2016/08/30/from-turtle-shell-to-poop-umbrella-this-is-one-unusual-group-of-beetles/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/04/160429-kopi-luwak-captive-civet-coffee-Indonesia/

Bug Juice

https://askabiologist.asu.edu/explore/true-bugs

https://www.si.edu/spotlight/buginfo/true-bugs

https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/rose-insects-related-pests/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/10-scintillating-facts-about-cicadas-1.1376256

https://pondinformer.com/water-boatman-corixidae/

https://pondinformer.com/backswimmers-notonectidae/

https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/surface-tension-allows-a-water-strider-walk-water

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/pest-control-tips/bedbugs-what-are-they.html

https://extension.psu.edu/weevils-on-stored-grain

https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-a-weevil-2656439

https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/what-to-know-chinch-bugs

https://www.westernexterminator.com/blog/mosquitoes/10-interesting-facts-mosquitoes

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-not-so-fun-facts-about-mosquitoes-36242998/

https://meadowia.com/is-a-butterfly-a-true-bug/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_basket

https://www.terminix.com/blog/bug-facts/what-do-bees-eat/

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2017/whole-food-diet-bees

https://askentomologists.com/2015/07/27/what-insects-are-entomologists-afraid-of/

Otters Hold Hands

https://www.seaotters.com/