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Biology

 
  Beyond Discovery -  http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/
Presents case studies tracing the origins of recent technological and medical advances.
  BioAlabama http://www.bioalabama.com/
The site of the Biotechnology Association of Alabama.  In addition to membership information, site includes news and events information on the state and national levels.
  BIODIDAC--a bank of digital resources for teaching biology -  http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca
An image resource for instructors in the biological sciences.
  The Biology Project -  http://www.biology.arizona.edu
An online interactive resource for learning biology.
  Botanical Society of America Online Image Collection -  http://images.botany.org/
The Society's collection of 800 images, divided into fourteen different categories, made available for instructional use.
  Botany.com -  http://www.botany.com/
An encyclopedia of plants.
  Dennis Kunkel's Microscopy -  http://www.denniskunkel.com/
Offers an image gallery with light and electron micrographs, a primer on microscopy, and a variety of other features related to microscopy.
  The Reptile Database -  http://www.reptile-database.org/
A database of information on reptile taxonomy focusing on the species level.
  Frontiers in Bioscience -  http://www.bioscience.org/
A journal and virtual library.
  Human Genome Resources -  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/guide/
Maintained by the National Center for Biotechnlogy Information, this central access point to a valuable databases for human genome researchers will be of interest to biology students as well.
  Insect Identification Laboratory -  http://everest.ento.vt.edu/~idlab/idlist.html
Pictures, how-to guides, and subject areas for identifying, collecting, and studying insects.
  Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia -  http://www.acnatsci.org/library/collections/imls/
Full text articles from the first series v1-8 (1817-1842). You can also search the entire digitized collection available from the Academy's Ewell Sale Stewart Library.
  Kimball's Biology Pages -  http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/
An online biology textbook consisting of alphabetized lists of biological terms with links to discussions, often illustrated, of a wide range of biological topics.
  Laboratory Survival Manual -  http://keats.admin.virginia.edu/lsm/
An online manual of safe laboratory practices from the Office of Environmental Health and Safety at the University of Virginia.
  Lichens of North America -  http://www.lichen.com/
Grew out of the activities of Sylvia and Stephen Sharnoff, who did the photographic fieldwork for the book Lichens of North America, by Irwin M.Brodo and the Sharnoffs, published in November, 2001 by Yale University Press.
  Major Biomes of the World -  http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/main.html
A Radford University (Virginia) Geography 335 site for undergraduate students studying biomes, regional ecological groupings of plants, soils, animals, and climate on a global scale.
  Marine Biology Web -  http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/mbweb.html
Professor Jeffery Levin (SUNY-Stony Brook) offers his marine biology textbook and access to the choice references of experts, with each subject including summary papers, classic papers, and recent contributions.
  National Center for Biotechnology Information -  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Provides an integrated approach to the use of gene and protein sequence information, the scientific literature (MEDLINE), molecular structures, and related resources, in biomedicine.
  The Parasitic Plant Connection -  http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/
A comprehensive site covering in the field of parasitic plants in great detail.
  The Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book -  http://www.pk.uni-bonn.de/ppigb/
A virtual library of well-annotated international links to resources about the major types of plant pests: bacteria, fungi, insects, nematodes, and viruses.
  The Plants Database -  http://davesgarden.com/pdb/
The largest plant database in the world with 66,053 entries, 41,938 images and 20,459 comments. Currently entries are from 314 families, 2,667 genera, 6,432 species, and 51,448 cultivars.
  Ultimate Tree-Ring Web Pages -  http://web.utk.edu/~grissino/
An award-winning site by Henri D. Grissino-Mayer at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, this site concerns dendrochronology and it's related subdisciplines, in studying tree rings, dated to their exact year of formation, to analyze temporal and spatial patterns of processes in the physical and cultural sciences.
  The Virtual Fossil Museum -  http://www.fossilmuseum.net/
"Fossils across geological time presented in multiple contexts of geological history, the tree of life, paleobiology and evolution." You'll find pictures, articles, a glossary, and links to more information here.
  Wildflowers of Alabama -  http://www.auburn.edu/~deancar/
Features a slideshow and a searchable database of Alabama wildflowers, including their common and scientific names.