Aquarius
Meet the aquanauts at this underwater research lab in Key Largo. Explore the coral reef, visit the classroom, and take a tour.

Arctica
Solve this mystery about five British explorers who froze to death during an expedition. Find out the cause of their demise.

BioChemNet
Directory of Web resources for biology and chemistry teachers, including links to articles, and on-line activities.

Biographies of Women in Developmental Biology
Provides the curriculum vitae, awards, and research interests of women in biology. Includes links to related sites.

Biology Hypertextbook
Comprehensive on-line illustrated textbook covering genetics, cell biology, immunology, photosynthesis and biochemistry.

Biology Lessons for Teachers
San Diego State University helps you to prepare and evaluate lessons and experiments for elementary school students.

Biology Place
on-line instruction in many facets of biology, including genetics, evolution and ecology. Subscription is required, and site is for students and instructors.

BioTech
Biology and chemistry resource for researchers, students and the general public, with educational guides and references.

Birmingham Zoo - The Animal Omnibus
Presentation of complex world of zoology for kids. Covering mammals, dinosaurs and even molluscs.

Blackout Syndrome
Find out about a mysterious disease after a mother rushes her child to the hospital. Investigate the scene and stop the sickness.

Butterfly WebSite
Explore details about butterfly life cycles, habits, and habitats. Learn about grants available to schools studying the creatures.

Cell
Dig into a fundamental unit of life for plants and animals, the cell. Includes images and a diagram.

Cell, The
Discover a world of cells with a glossary and gallery of images. Includes lessons, resources, and a virtual cell.

Cells Alive!
Video, animation and explanatory text on topics such as bacteria growth and antibody production.

Center for Cell Imaging
View confocal microscopy images from Yale University. Includes contact information.

Circulatory System
Develop an understanding of the size and location of the heart, as well as its function and transport system. Includes diagrams and descriptions.

Cockroach World
Everything you ever wanted to know about the life of the cockroach. Includes an collection of sound and movie files.

Cool Science for Curious Kids
Learn plant parts by building a salad. Then find out how what is floating in the air we breath in this cool site for kids.

Dinosauria
UC Berkeley provides an introduction to the different varieties of dinosaur, and offers a look at exhibits about the creatures.

DNA, Instruction Manual for All Life - Tech Museum
Zoom into DNA, the body's instruction manual. Find out the effects of DNA.

Entomology for beginners
Take a look at the anatomy of adult insects and read a short story about the metamorphosis of a bug. Includes links to entomological sites.

Explore the Nervous System
Investigate the brain and spinal cord. Find out about neurons, sensory systems, and neurological disorders.

Facts About Bacteria
Learn how to make bacteria using yogurt. Then watch bacteria grow on the Cells Alive! page.

Florida State University - Microscopy Primer
Learn about microscopes, details about light and color, and special microscope techniques. Includes a microscopy museum and Web resources.

Frank Potter's Science Gems
Collection of 2,000 WWW resources appropriate for the classroom - categorized by subject and grade levels.

HealthCentral - Mystery Photos
Users looking for a fun break can try to guess what these photographs depict. The photos are drawn from articles within HealthCentral.

The Heart
Virtual exploration of the heart, examining its structure, function and development.

Human Blood
Easy to read and follow guide to blood, explaining what it is, what it does, and why living things need it. Take a blood IQ test.

Indigo Instruments
On-line catalog of laboratory equipment, molecular models, software, and other tools for the teaching of science subjects.

Inner Learning On-line
Study the inner workings of the human body or marvel in the exploration of a automobile. Includes animations, images, or descriptions.

InnerBody.com
on-line anatomy lesson contains more than 100 illustrations of the human body. Site uses Java applets to show images and select anatomy parts.

Interactive Frog Dissection
Take up a virtual scalpel and dissect a frog in this tutorial, with muscle incisions and organ examinations.

Island of the Sharks - Nova
Features interactive exhibits about these sea beasts, including color photos and interviews with shark experts about their habits.

Living Things
Great collection of web resources for teachers of life science. Sections cover plant, and animal families, and the circle of life.

Missouri Botanical Garden
Fun-filled activities for kids learning about biology and the environment. Includes resources for teachers and parents.

Molecular Biology Notebook
Guide for teachers, providing hands-on teaching guidelines and techniques for teaching molecular biology. Related links are offered.

Muta nt Fruit Flies
Explore this exhibit showing the mutations that occur in the natural fruit fly population. Includes detailed illustrations.

Nanoworld Image Gallery
Explore a fascinating collection of images of biological specimens and other structures from the view of an electron microscope.

National Zoo
View on-line cinema, play educational games or watch animal slide shows. With a collection of news articles and photos.

Natural Perspective
Take a walk and explore the beauty and science of nature. Find out about fungi, plantae, animalia, and protoctista.

Neuroscience for Kids
Explore the brain and nervous system, with activities and experiments. Created for elementary and secondary school students.

Neuroscience Resources for Kids - Brain Use
Article answers the question "How much of our brain do we use?"

NobelChannel.com
Experience the history of the Nobel laureates and the Nobel prizes, from Alfred Nobel to the present day.

Ocean Planet
on-line search for the giant squid, the largest invertebrate. Includes physiology and anatomy of this rarely seen mollusk.

On-line Class
Study oceans, marine life and world cultures with Ocean Expo, and Antarctica's food web and geology with Blue Ice.

Parasites
Get a description of the life of a parasitic worm that begins its journey in the stomach of a roach. Find out how they seek asylum.

River of Venom
Find a way out of this lab in the Amazon rainforest set up to make killer bees less deadly. Problem solve to help the scientists and survive.

The Sciences Explorer
Be introduced to concepts of biology with this impressive multimedia site. Includes an interactive forum.

Seeds of Life
Investigate the properties of seeds and find out how they travel. Includes links to related sites.

WhaleNet
Collaborative telecomputing project between schools worldwide. With educational material focusing on whales.

Worm World
Everything about worms! Resources for science students including a QuickTime movie of a worm being hatched.

Zoo in the Wild
Virtual zoo shares photos and information on diets, habits and homes of all sorts of animals. Featured animals are listed alphabetically.

Zoom Mammals - Enchanted Learning Software
Interactive introduction to the world of mammals features images, descriptions of different species, and printable fact sheets.

Zoom Sharks - Enchanted Learning Software
Page through this hypertext introduction to the varieties of sharks, their habitats, and their habits. Includes printable black-and-white images.

Zoom Whales - Enchanted Learning Software
Discover facts about these giant marine mammals, and view images of different species. Print out sheets with pictures and descriptions.

ZooNet for Kids
Contains a gallery of animal pictures and sounds, details of children's zoos, and fun facts on your favorite animals.

Web Guides

Biolinks

http://www.biolinks.com/

A database of relevant sites, journals, institutes, meetings, companies etc.

Biology Browser

http://www.biologybrowser.org/

Produced by BIOSIS, this is a free web site offering resources for the life sciences information community including: BIOSIS resources - such as the Nomenclature Glossary for Zoology, the Zoological Record Thesaurus, the Index to Organism
Names, Guide to the Animal Kingdom for Students and Educators, and more - plus a forum for biologists and scientists, and links to current science news stories and relevant web sites.

Biosciences Virtual Library

http://vlib.org/Biosciences.html

Links to hundreds of sites in biology and related fields.

Marine Biology WEB

http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/mbweb.html

MBWEB is an educational resource for marine biology students with reference lists organized by subject. Many other links are here including links to marine stations, tide information, and more.

Parasitic Plant Collection

http://www.science.siu.edu/parasitic-plants/index.html

A comprehensive site with great detail on parasitic plants. Includes sections on: How to Navigate This site; Why The Parasitic Plant Connection?, Using Information in The Parasitic Plant Connection; plus, Links to Other Parasitic Plant Sites; Names and Addresses of Parasite Plant Specialists; Terminology Associated with Parasitic Plants: and  References on General and Molecular Systematics and Evolution.

Internet Resource Guide for Zoology
http://www.biosis.org.uk/free_resources/resource_guide.html
A free guide to finding zoology related information on the internet. Well structured to provide traditional zoological information. Arranged by both subject and animal groups with links to associated topics. This collection of guides is compiled by scientific staff of BIOSIS UK, a subsidiary of BIOSIS.

Biodiversity

Biodiversity and Biological Collections

http://www.keil.ukans.edu/

Gateway to over 100 sites of interest to organismic biologists and systematists. Sites are categorized by field of interest, type of database, or institution.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

http://www.gbif.org/

This web site provides first hand information about the current state of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility
(GBIF), an international initiative to be implemented during the course of this year. The GBIF  will be an interoperable network of biodiversity databases and information technology tools that will enable users to navigate and put to use the
worlds vast quantities of biodiversity information to produce national economic, environmental and social benefits.

The Tree of Life

http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html

Copious information about phylogeny and biodiversity. Contains contributions by 266 experts with extensive bibliographies to the published literature.

Southwest Biotechnology and Informatics Center (SWBIC)

http://www.swbic.org/
Formerly The National Biotechnology Information Facility (NBIF), The SWBIC is an electronic gateway to biological data and information maintained by New Mexico State University. Includes: Educational Resources section covering workshops, on-line courses, educational classroom resources, and the games Outbreak!©, Origin: Unknown©, and iDNAfication©; Internet Resources section with a searchable database of nearly 4000 annotated links to various internet sites with bioinformatics tools, research information, educational resources, careers, and industry information; and Products and Services section includes bioinformatics databases and tools, clip art, and the SWBIC Industry Register

BioMedical

BioMedNet

http://www.bmn.com

Free Membership - Access to Biology & Medical Journals

Cells Alive!

http://www.cellsalive.com/

Award-winning site with heavy emphasis on microbiological and immunological topics.

All the Virology on the WWW

http://www.virology.net/

"...seeks to be the best single site for Virology information on the Internet. We have collected all the virology related Web sites that might be of  interest to our fellow virologists, and others interested in  learning more about viruses. Additionally, we have created an index to virus pictures on the web, The Big Picture Book of Viruses, which also functions as a resource for viral taxonomy. A collection of some of the best Online Virology and Microbiology Course Notes available can also be found here."

Genetics

Genetics

http://biology.wsc.ma.edu/biology/resources/web/genetics.htm

Link to extensive list of Web sites on Genetics compiled and maintained by Dr. Donald "Buzz" Hoagland, Biology Dept., Westfield State College.

Genetically Modified Organisms - Web Sites for BIOL 128

http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/BIOL128.htm

This page was created specifically for Donald "Buzz" Hoagland's course, Spring Semester, 2004.  It is in no way extensive and should serve only as a starting point for Internet searches.

Primer on Molecular Genetics

http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/publicat/primer/toc.html

A molecular genetics handbook with links to other sites that provide basic and advanced information. Research related to the Human Genome Project is emphasized.

National Human Genome Research Institute

http://www.genome.gov/
Provides information on The Human Genome Project, the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Genetic Research,  and Submitting a Grant application,  plus Links to various genetic databases and a Glossary of genetics terms.

Genomics and Its Impact on Medicine and Society- A 2001 Primer
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/publicat/primer2001/index.html
This primer updates the 1992 Primer on Molecular Genetics and the booklet To Know Ourselves. The current edition (October 2001) is abridged. A more extensive version is expected in a few months. This edition covers basic science, the Human Genome Project, what we know so far, ELSI, medicine, benefits and more. This primer is available in HTML, PDF, and PowerPoint formats.

NCBI Taxonomy Database
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/taxonomyhome.html
Contains the names of all organisms that are represented in the genetic databases with at least one nucleotide or protein sequence. Users can browse the taxonomic structure or retrieve sequence data for a particular group of organisms. Also provides links to research literature on each organism.

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/
This database is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders authored and edited by Dr. Victor A. McKusick and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere, and developed for the World Wide Web by NCBI, the National Center for Biotechnology Information. The database contains textual information, pictures, and reference information plus copious links to NCBI's Entrez database of MEDLINE articles and sequence information.

MendelWeb

http://www.netspace.org/MendelWeb/

An educational resource for teachers and students interested in the origins of classical genetics, introductory data analysis, elementary plant science, and the history and literature of science. Includes Gregor Mendel's 1865 paper "Versuche über Pflanzen-Hybriden" and revised versions of various translations, as well as commentary, a bibliography and reference materials.

MicroBiology
Microbes.info
http://www.microbes.info/
Asearchable directory of microbiology resources that includes links  to  sites  about  specific  microbiology  disciplines such as

environmental,   food,  industrial,  medical,  and veterinary. Also includes links to resources on education, employment, organizations, companies, publications, news, events, articles, and FAQs.  Microbes.info is managed by it's creator and webmaster, Al Chan.

Molecular Biology

Pedro's Biomolecular Research Tools

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pedro/research_tools.html

A wonderful Collection of WWW Links to Information and Services Useful to Molecular Biologists.

Teaching Biology and Biotechnology

Access Excellence

http://www.accessexcellence.org/

A national educational program sponsored by the biotechnology company Genentech, Inc., that puts high school biology teachers in touch with their colleagues,scientists and critical sources of new scientific information through an online network.

BioChemLinks

http://biochemlinks.com

A guide to the best biology and chemistry education resources on the web. Provides links to resources, reviews, or activities for biology, biochemistry, and organic chemistry.

BioEd: Biology Education Resources

http://www.physics.wwu.edu:8082/jstewart/scied/bioindex.html

Lists about 200 sites in sections on general biology, cellular biology, microbiology, marine biology, environmental science, biotechnology, and health education.

BIOTECH

http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/

An interactive educational resource and biotechnology reference tool.

Biotechnology Educational Resources

http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic/Education_res/

Provides links to General Education materials, Career Information, Training Opportunities, and Resource Documents.

Biodiversity and Environment

http://www.nbii.gov/education/biodiversity.html

More than 50 sites with curriculum materials for grades K-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-12

Reference Materials

Life Science Dictionary

http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/search/dict-search.html

Searchable dictionary of more than 8,300 terms from biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology, genetics, and several other sciences.

Kimball's Biology Pages

http://biology-pages.info/

The pages are an online biology textbook consisting of: alphabetized lists of biological terms (the index/glossary) with links to discussions of a wide range of biological topics (many illustrated).

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

http://www.itis.usda.gov/

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is a partnership of U.S., Canadian, and Mexican agencies, other organizations, and taxonomic specialists cooperating on the development of an on-line, scientifically credible, list of biological names focusing on the biota of North America. ITIS is also a participating member of Species 2000, an international project indexing the world's known species.

Journals

PubMed Central

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/

A digital archive of life sciences journal literature managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). It is not a journal publisher. Access is free and unrestricted.

Free medical Journals
http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/htm/index.htm

Free access to the full text of more than 1,000 medical journals including foreign medical journals. Most of the journals have an embargo period of six months, one year, or two years. The journals are accessible by their title or by medical specialty.

News

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

http://www.aaas.org/

National Academy of Sciences

http://www.nas.edu

Nature Science Update

http://www.nature.com/nsu/

The latest research reported by Nature's science writing team.

InScight

http://www.apnet.com/inscight/archive.htm
Daily science news from Academic Press and Science Magazine.

 

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