Biology: Websites

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Provides a wealth of information about plants growing in the United States. All types of plants are covered, from noxious weeds to ornamental flowers and food crops. Aimed at state agricultural agencies, plant researchers, students, and the general public. Comprehensive resource for finding information about plants in the United States.

From the University of Arizona, an interactive online resource for learning biology developed at The University of Arizona. fun, richly illustrated, and tested on 1000s of students. Designed for biology students at the college level, but is useful for high school students, medical students, physicians, science writers, and all types of interested people.

This site contains PrimateLit, a bibliographic database for primatology, and your search results will link back to the holdings for VC/UHV Library. The factsheets on primates contain taxonomy, countries in range, color photographs, news and conservation items, and sounds.

A gateway to online resources grouped by science area-biological, health, physical and chemical, policy and ethics, space and engineering. Some links may lead to fee-based services.

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize and make accessible the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity commons.” BHL has digitized millions of pages of taxonomic literature, representing tens of thousands titles and nearly 100,000 volumes.

BAMONA provides images of and information about butterflies and moths of North America. Search by scientific or common name or browse the taxonomy.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species provides taxonomic, conservation status and distribution information on plants and animals that have been globally evaluated using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. The main purpose of the IUCN Red List is to catalogue and highlight those plants and animals that are facing a higher risk of global extinction (i.e. those listed as Critically Endangered, Endangered and Vulnerable).

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology provides information ranging from birding basics to ornithological research and conservation efforts. The section, "All About Birds" is a searchable database that includes identification, life history, range maps, conservation status plus sounds and videos for 585 species of birds.

A collection of seed and nursery catalogs which offers beautiful artwork and an introduction to specific plants