BSC 1005: Life in Its Biological Environment

• BioSciEdNet

  Created by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, BioSciEdNet is a gateway to online biological educational resources.
• Catalogue of Life

  A database of Linnean nomenclature for over 1 million species.
• Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health

  A portal to a variety of websites on invasive species and natural resources management
• DARBASE: Darwin Manuscripts project 

  Contains thousands of Darwin manuscripts on a wide variety of topics.
• DNA Learning Center

  Up-to-date information on DNA and genetics.
• Everglades Digital Library

  An excellent information source on the Florida Everglades.
• Freshwater and Marine Image Bank

  Over 21,000 photos related to ocean and inland water environments. Topics include fish, water birds, shellfish, dams, and much more.
• Grasshoppers: Their Biology, Identification, and Management

  Everything you ever wanted to know about grasshoppers.
• Images from NCBI

  A database of 3,000,000 images and figures from the National Center for Biotechnology Information. These images relate to the life sciences and medicine.
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System

  Taxonomic information about all kinds of living things.
• International Plant Names Index

  An index of the primary citations for names of seed plants, ferns, and lycophytes.
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

  A resources on the conservation status of a wide variety of plants and animals, worldwide.
• Linus Pauling Online

  A treasure trove of Linus Pauling's work on proteins and nucleic acids.
• MicrobeWorld (Podcast)

  The American Society of Microbiology created this site to improve awareness and understanding of microbiological issues.See menu of podcasts available related to microbiology. 
• Natural Resources Conservation Service

  The NRCS (formerly the Soil Conservation Service) is a conservation leader for all natural resources, ensuring private lands are conserved.
• New York Botanical Garden's CV Starr Virtual Herbarium

  Provides access to records for 1.3 million plant and fungi specimens, of which 100,000 have accompanying images.
• PLANTS Database

  The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
• Profiles in Science

  Contains information about many prominent 20th century biomedical scientists. Created by the National Library of Medicine.
• Singing Insects of North America

  An online resource of insects that sing, such as crickets, katydids, and cicadas.
• Society of Toxicology

  Accurate, recent information about toxicology.
• Swingle Plant Digital Archive and Reference Collection

  An online database of micro-photographs of over 300 specimens of flower buds, fruit, seeds, leaves, shoots, and roots.
• US Fish and Wildlife Service National Digital Library

  This website contains many images and videos relating to ths US Fish and Wildlife Service. Also contains some documents and maps.
• USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species

  A database of information on the occurrence and distribution of introduced aquatic species, focusing on freshwater organisms and fishes.

• Freshwater and Marine Image Bank
• Macaulay Library
• National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library
• Video clips for biology
• Western Soundscape Archive

Digitized collections of biological literature are available online for free:

• Darwin Correspondence Project
• The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online
• Darwin Digital Library of Evolution