BBC - H2G2 - Feral Children 
An introductory article with brief overviews of four famous cases.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A269840/
Chilean 'Dog Boy' 
Article about 10-year-old Chilean boy who lived with stray dogs for two years.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2001/06/20/story/0000090750
Feral Children - Wikipedia 
The online encyclopedia's entry on feral children, containing a brief description of feral children, a list of several well-known cases, and links to articles about some of the children.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_children
FeralChildren.com 
Stories of feral children, photos, book extracts and reviews, academic articles and essays, and lists of books and other resources.
http://www.feralchildren.com
From Monkey Boy to Choir Boy 
An article about John Ssebunya, an orphan boy apparently reared by apes in the African jungle who was brought to Britain in 1999.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/466616.stm
Jacksonville.com: Metro: Teen found caged; parents held 
The adoptive parents of a 17-year-old boy who was found locked in a crib suffering from psychosocial dwarfism are charged with felony child neglect.
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/030905/met_18168175.shtml
Neuroscience for Kids: Feral Children 
A lesson about feral children written for children, including a list of films about real and fictional cases.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/moviesfc.html
Romania's Wild Boy 
A news story describing the case of Traian Caldarar, a Romanian boy who lived in the wild for three years.
http://www.100megsfree4.com/farshores/nwild.htm
Russian Dog Boy 
Article about Ivan Mishukov, a 6-year-old Russian boy who lived with stray dogs.
http://www.wsws.org/news/1998/july1998/ivan-j23.shtml
Studies of Feral Children 
Douglas Candland, author of "Feral Children and Clever Animals", presents discussions of four famous cases and draws conclusions about language acquisition.
http://bowland-files.lancs.ac.uk/chimp/langac/LECTURE4/4feral.htm
Taming the Monkey Boy 
An article about John Ssebunya that appeared in the Scotsman. The author interviews those directly involved in John's discovery and rehabilitation.
http://www.lifestyle.scotsman.com/families/headlines_specific.cfm?articleid=516
Wild Things: Fortean Times Article 
A general article featuring a large number of cases of feral children, with bibliography.
http://www.forteantimes.com/articles/161_feralkids.shtml
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