- Easier - An animal
track is a mark left by a moving animal. You can
find the path, route, or course of the animal by
examining its track.
- Harder - Tracking
is a technique that scientists and hunters use to
find and follow animals. Most people think of
following the footprints of an animal, but there
are other ways to track animals. For example, you
can examine their "scat" or "droppings," look for
scratches in the bark of trees or ground, or look
for their dens.
- Here you find information on animals and their
tracks and links to other tracking sites.
- Sections Within Beartrackers' Den:
- 2) Tracking and Trailing Tips http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/7076/tips.html
- 3) Beartracker's Animal Tracks Guide http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/7076/guide.html
- 4) Animal Tracks-Mammals http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/7076/mammals.html
- 5) Animal Scat http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/7076/animalscat.html
and Preserving Wildlife Tracks by J. C.
Boren & B. D. Wright (New Mexico State
- Wild animals can be difficult to detect because
of their instinctive behavior to avoid humans.
However, the presence of wild animals often can be
determined by their tracks in snow, sand, or soft
and Stalking North American Wildlife
(The Virtual Cub Scout Leader's
- This website provides tips on tracking,
identifying the "quarry", and stalking it. Also
included are tips on safety around wildlife, animal
track images, wildlife data, and when possible,
Track Is That? (Ranger Rick® Activity
Page, National Wildlife
- Want to become a nature detective? Learn to
read animal tracks to figure out what kind of
animals passed by-and maybe even what they were up
to! Here are some clues to help you.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Animal Tracking http://expage.com/gotracking
- Choose a project and use the links
below to solve the problem or create a
- Track Quiz. Try the Mammal
Tracks Quiz, and the Animal
Tracks Quiz. Try making your own track
game using animals that could be found in
- Animal Track Board. Create a
bulletin board showing animals and their
tracks. Print out animal tracks from the
- Invent An Animal. Invent an
animal and create the footprint. Can
classmates identify the characteristics of
the animal from the footprint?
- Collect Tracks. Take a hike
along a neighborhood stream or lake.
Search along the water's edge for animal
tracks. Take measurements and sketch your
own drawings of the tracks that you find.
See if you can identify the animals that
made each track. You may even want to make
a plaster cast track collection;
procedures can be found at Animal
Animal Tracks, and Collecting
Animal Tracks from the Nova Scotia
Museum. Another excellent way to
collect animal tracks is with a digital
camera. Get out there, find some animal
- Keep An Animal Tracks Journal.
Start you own journal of animal tracking
information. Include drawings or
photographs of each set of tracks that you
find and identify. Include track
measurements and describe the location,
features, and clues related to each
- Complete An Animal Tracking
WebQuest. Follow or adapt the
procedures found at the following webQuest
- WebQuest for J. Arnosky's story
'Crinkleroot's Animal Tracking'
by J. York (Grade 3)
- A Few More
Tracking & Cryptid Track
- Here you can learn about the basic and advanced
techniques in animal tracking and track
Tracks (Nature's Corner at Hopkins
School District 270)
- Here are a few photographs of wildlife tracks
in the snow. Click on each for a closer view.
- This brief website gives clear, concise
directions for making plaster casts of animal
Tracks of Humboldt County
- This is a guide to the common animal tracks
found on California's North coast (and
- Similar Websites:
- 2) Learn about Tracking Animals (Kid's Corner
at Torey Pines State Reserve) http://www.torreypine.org/tpkids.htm
- 3) Whose tracks? Animal Tracks Quiz http://www.parkhere.org/kidstrk3.htm
Animal Tracking System
- Learn how automated radio telemetry systems are
use in long-term studies of elk, deer, and cattle
in managed forests.
- Related Article:
- 2) High Tech Animal Tracking by M. Dunbar
- Scientists who observe animals in the wild
study tracks all the time. These biologists often
make plaster casts of tracks they find in the wild.
Learn how to cast your own animal tracks.
that Footprint, Paw Print, Hoof print
- By looking carefully at animal tracks you can
learn more about their comings and their goings
- Related Website:
- 2) Animal Tracking Adventures http://www.ducks.ca/ohmic/english/Feature/atrack.html
Wildlife Federation Animal Tracks
- Try the track matching game.
- More Tracking information:
- 1) Cure for Cabin Fever- Animal Tracking
- 2) Animal Insight Starts with the Pawprint
(BioWeb at Saunders College Publishing)
- 3) Tracking and Track Identification http://troop608.pen.net/newsviews/tracking.htm
- 4) Learning to Read Animal Tracks, Michael
Carter (Fur-Fish-Game, December 1993)
- 5) Animal Tracking http://www.wildnetafrica.co.za/wildlifestuff/juniorpage/spoor/spoor.html
Fish & Wildlife Service
- Try the track identification quiz.
Animal Tracking by W.J. Prescott
- Here is a brief article on animal
- Similar Article:
- 2) Stalking the Wild Things by B. Girdler
Department of Natural Resources
- Examine the information resources page and
links to activities such as the Tracking
- Websites for Teachers
Signs - Animal Tracking
- This is a lesson plan outline for animal
- Related Website:
- 2) Introduction to Animal Tracking http://tcska.org/BITA/bio/intro.html
Tracking (Grades K-5)
- Here is a brief lesson plan on animal tracking
that involves observation and journal writing.
Tracking by D. Anastasio
- What animal prints can you find in this outdoor
- Here is a sample lesson plan for integrating
reading and learning about animal tracks.
Action Guide to Animal Tracking by Rick
- The information in this workshop is taken from
notes of a course at Tom Brown's Tracking School in
New Jersey, in a course taught by John Stokes of
The Tracking Project, and from personal tracking
- Alternate Location:
- 2) Outdoor Action Guide to Animal Tracking
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