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Biology
Alphabetical List of Links by Subject


AGRICULTURE page of links
All Species Foundation non-profit group trying to catalog all the world's species by 2025; so far 2 million species are listed, with from 10 to 100 million left to go
American Field Guide video clips and information from PBS
Anatomy, Human --excellent general site
Anatomy--Vesalius --Image Archive currently includes image collections for sixteen regions of the human body. Images are in color and may be downloaded for free, non-commercial use
Animal Planet homepage
ANIMALS -page of links
Avenir des Peuples des Forets Tropicales (APFT)--The Future of Tropical Rainforest Peoples
Becoming Human video documentary on human evolution; includes news, glossary, web links, other media
BIODIDAC resources for teaching biology; requires registration
BIODIVERSITY page of links
Biology Search Engines:
Biotech, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical News
ExPASy: BioHunt --An easy to use search engine for molecular biology
IUBio Archive for Biology Data and Software
BioNetBook Directory of Biology on the Web

Biological Soil Crusts organisms living at the surface of desert soils
Biology in Motion developed by a biologist who is also a game developer; features cartoon mini-lectures, an evolution lab, a section of energy storage, another on fat digestion and bile, others on the thyroid, the cardiovascular system, cell division, urine concentration
Biology Online "source for biological information, ideal for homework, research projects and general interest"
Bioreactor Landfill Demonstration Project efforts to overcome the slow decomposition rates in typical municipal landfills
BioScience Research Links
"Molecular Biology on the Web".
BIOSPHERES, see BIODIVERSITY
Biotechnology - Access Excellence diagrams which illustrate key processes in biotechnology, plus the latest information and news in biology
BOTANY --page of links
BRAIN -page of links
BRENDA: Comprehensive Enzyme Information System comprehensive database at the University of Cologne
Bug Bios is a great site about insects. Contains photographs, articles, links, and teaching tools.
Caenorhabditis elegans Survival Kit a metasite about the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans
CAMELS --page of links
Checklist of North American Birds --Latin names and common names
Chemiluminescence page --compilation of sites and texts related to chemiluminescence, a process where "energy in the form of light is released from matter because of a chemical reaction."
College Physics for Students of Biology and Chemistry the full text of the book
Critical Thinking in Biology: Case Problems
Darwin and Darwinism collection of articles
Dictionary, Biotech's Life Science
Droplet: Amateur Microscopy of the Protozoa Who knew single-cell creatures could be so complex? Some are predators while others are opportunists. Some are colorful, dare we say even pretty? Some have appendages to help them swim, jump, or build shells
DuckData --database of North American Waterfowl and their wetland habitats
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
E. coli Genetic Stock Center
ECOLOGY, see BIODIVERSITY
ECOSYSTEMS, see BIODIVERSITY
Educational Resources: Biology
Educational Resources: Microbiology and Virology
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences some free features
Endangered Species Information --EE-Link
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES --page of links
Epidemic! The World of Infectious Disease an exhibition from the American Museum of Natural History
Evolution PBS special
Evolution Website "Read the full text of Charles Darwin's Origin Of Species, or browse through the illustrated guide adapted from the BBC TV programme"
Explore the Estuary LIVE!!(May 8-12, 2000) -- A beautiful field trip-like experience.
FASEB Journal --Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
FDA - (Food and Drug Administration)
Field Guides to amphibians, birds, butterflies, fishes, insects, mammals, reptiles, seashells, seashore creatures, spiders, trees, and wildflowers
Fish - American Fisheries Society
Flora of China
Folding @ Home Stanford study to understand protein folding, misfolding aggregation, and related diseases; you can help by downloading and running their client software
Frogs exploratorium
From Jungle to Lab: The Study of Life's Complexity
Genghis Khan a Prolific Lover, DNA Data Implies Genghis Khan was so prolific at spreading his DNA around that geneticists have found that 8% of men living in the region of the former Mongol empire are descended from him. These 16 million men comprise 0.5% of the total male population of the world. Who says war and conquest don't pay off?
GENOME, HUMAN page of links
Guide to the Animal Kingdom for Students and Educators classification
HealthWeb "...provides links to specific, evaluated information resources on the World-Wide Web selected by librarians and information professionals at leading academic medical centers in the Midwest."
Health--Wound Care Information Network
The Heart: An Online Exploration detailed diagrams of heart structure
Human anatomy--Visible Human Project (National Library of Medicine)
Human Genome Project --DNA From the Beginning
Human Genome Resources --National Center for Biotechnology Information
Human Genome Sequencing --January 28, 2000-16.0% completed (NCBI)
Immunobiology Animation animated examples of antigen recognition, lymphocyte development, the immune response, and many more
INSECTS page of links
Insects--Soybean Insect Research Information Center
Institute for the Promotion of Less Than One Millimeter the art of micro organisms
International Study Group on New Antimicrobial Strategies (ISGNAS)
Introduction to the "Slime Molds"
Jason Project "From oceans to rain forests, from polar regions to volcanoes, the JASON Project explores Planet Earth and exposes students to leading scientists who work with them to examine its biological and geological development"
Jungle Walk a large compilation of links to animal movie and animal sound clips, categorized and arranged for easy reference, plus lots of information
Life Sciences Data Archive --from NASA, a description of every life sciences experiment performed in space (during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Shuttle, and NASA-Mir programs)
Living Links "The Living Links Center specializes in comparisons of the social life, ecology, cognition, neurology, and molecular genetics of apes and humans."
Medical Microbiology:
Medical Microbiology --Collection of computerized teaching materials used during an infectious
diseases course By Neal R. Chamberlain, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
MIC-KIBIC MeSH Index - Bacterial and Fungal Diseases --Karolinska Institute
MIC-KIBIC MeSH Index - Parasitic Diseases --Karolinska Institute
National Institutes of Health
Outbreaks --World Health Organization
SUPERCOURSE, Epidemiology, the Internet and the Global Health --"This course is
designed to provide an overview on epidemiology and the Internet for medical and health
related students around the world."
World Health Organization

Microbiology: Significant Events of the Last 125 Years organized by year
Microscopy, Dennis Kunkel's --a cool site
Molecular Expressions "Exploring the World of Optics and Microscopy" - photo gallery, virtual microscopy, primer in microscopy, silicon zoo
Neuroscience Tutorial
Phenomena Backgrounders
Phytoplankton Ecology the study of the photophysiology of marine algae at Mote Marine Laboratory
Polar Bears - The Bear Facts
Powers of 10 from the universe to the atom
Problem-Based Learning in Biology with 20 case examples
Pronunciation of Biological Latin
Protein Folding @ Home Stanford study to understand protein folding, misfolding aggregation, and related diseases; you can help by downloading and running their client software
The Quality of Our Nation's Waters: Nutrients and Pesticides report from the USGS -- "presents insights on nutrients and pesticides in water and on pesticides in bed sediment and fish tissue."
Reptile Database --European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) of Heidelberg (Germany)
Research--National Guideline Clearinghouse --Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
SCIENCE NEWS page of links
Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning NAP report concludes that cloning, as it is currently practiced, should not be allowed; it's too risky
SCI/TECH NEWS page of links
Seaweed Information Server
Shallow End For Amphibians the combined effects of climate change on declining amphibian populations
Society for General Microbiology
Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources USGS
Tidepools to Telecommunications --University of Washington Marine Field Station
Understanding Genetics
United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Scheme for Clinical Microbiology
UN International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
U.S. EPA Bioremediation Documents
Virtual Pig Dissection
Viruses, Big Picture Book of taxonomy of viruses, pictures, virus families by genome type, much more
Vision 101 how the eye works, from makers of contact lenses; excellent animated graphics
Volunteer Your PC - United Devices projects include cancer research, anthrax research, genetic (DNA) research, and web performance testing
Wallace, Alfred Russel Page life and work of English naturalist, evolutionist, and social critic
Web Atlas of Cellular Structures light and confocal microscopy
Whale-Watching-Web
Wolfram Functions Site functions and formulae for mathematics, natural sciences, engineering, and other fields, includes constants, Bessel, Airy and Struve functions, integer functions, Polynomials, gamma, beta, erf, hypergeometric functions, elliptic integrals and functions, zeta functions, polylogarithms, Mathieu functions, complex components, number theory functions, and generalized functions
Zoos - See ANIMALS


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