| General
Web Sites
eNature
eNature contains field guides to over
4,800 North American plants and animals. The guides include
pictures, descriptions, both the common and scientific names, habitat,
and other information depending on the species type.
NatureServe
NatureServe is a source for "authoritative
conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and
ecological communities in the United States and Canada. NatureServe
provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but
also includes common plants and animals too."
Phylogency
of Life
Phylogency of Life is part of the Museum
of Paleontology at the University of California-Berkeley. The
exhibits explore the ancestor/descendant relationship which connects
all organisms past and present.
Animals
Animal
Diversity
Animal Diversity is an "online
database of animal natural history, distribution, classification
and conservation biology." The site includes text, pictures
of living animals, photographs, movies of specimens, and/or recordings
of sounds.
Amphibians
AmphibiaWeb
"AmphibiaWeb offers ready access
to taxonomic information for every recognized species of amphibians
in the world." You will find species descriptions and
life history information.
Checklist
of Amphibian Species and Identification Guide
This site offers a browsable "checklist
of all amphibian species and subspecies currently recognized in
North America north of Mexico."
Reptiles
Embl
Reptile Database
"This database is intended to provide
information on the classification of all living reptiles by listing
all species and their pertinent higher taxa. It is supposed
to be a source of taxonomic data, providing primarily (scientific)
names, synonyms, distributions, and related data."
Birds
Introduction
to the Aves
Introduction to the Aves explores the
history of birds. The "Fossil Record" details the oldest
known fossils and their records throughout time. The "Life
History and Ecology" section explores the impact of birds
on ecology and life cycle. The "Systematics" section
explores the various bird groups. And the "Morphology" section
deals with the form and structure of birds.
Fish
Fish
Fish is an Australian Museum Fish site.
This is a great place to find information on worldwide fishes.
It also includes a pictorial key to help identify fish families,
with links back to fish fact sheets. One interesting feature is
under the "student stuff," where you can view dissections
of fishes.
Fish
Base
Fish Base offers a wealth of information
for anyone interested in fish or fishing. "FishBase is an
information system with key data on the biology of all fishes." It
offers fish population dynamics, illustrated basic fishing concepts,
access to Eschmeyer’s (1998) CATALOG OF FISHES database, lists
of threatened fishes for any given country, and much more.
Insects
3D-Insects
3D-Insects offers a unique, clean, harmless
viewing experience without the aid of a microscope. It includes
the following species: ant, stag beetle, German cockroach, mosquito,
grasshopper, water strider, flea, mantis, termite, yellow jacket
wasp, fly, bee and the black willow spider.
BugBios
BugBios is a concise directory of bug
information. It includes a brief description, picture, and family
structure for the following: ants, bees, wasps, butterflies, moths,
flies, beetles, lacewings, antlions, cicada, hoppers, aphids, true
bugs, cockroaches, mantids, grasshoppers, crickets, walking sticks,
dragonflies, damselflies, mayflies and more.
Bug
Id
BugId is a helpful site that aims to
identify unknown bugs. It offers a key to identify adult insects
to a specific Order.
Insect
Biology and Ecology: A Primer
Insect Biology and Ecology: A Primer
gives readers who are unfamiliar with the biology and ecology of
insects some useful background information. Here you can explore
insect anatomy, insect reproduction, insect growth and development,
insect classification and identification, and insect ecology. |
