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Links
- BiologyBase
http://www.biologybase.com/ - Checklists, articles, and links for the world of life.
- World Biodiversity Database
http://www.eti.uva.nl/Database/ - A growing taxonomic database and information system that aims at documenting all presently known species (about 1.7 million). Taxonomic trees, descriptions, synonyms, literature citations, and molecular database queries.
- BioImages - Virtual Fieldguide for UK Biodiversity
http://www.bioimages.org.uk/ - Large selection of pictures of organisms, mostly British in origin. Images are an aid to identification, showing different stages, states and views of the organisms. Search the database or follow a taxonomic tree.
- Biodiversity Explorer
http://www.museums.org.za/bio - Classification of all forms of life, with some photos. Has a strong South African emphasis.
- Natural Perspective
http://www.perspective.com/nature/index.html - Dedicated to the beauty and science of nature and to the joys nature brings to those who explore it. The material here is organized according to the biological principles of Taxonomy.
- ARKive : Images of Life on Earth
http://www.arkive.org/ - The Noah's Ark for the Internet era. A global initiative gathering together films, photographs and audio recordings of endangered species from round the world.
- Natural Selection
http://nature.ac.uk/ - A gateway to quality, evaluated Internet resources in the natural world co-ordinated by The Natural History Museum, London.
- NCBI Taxonomy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/taxonomyhome.html/ - Searchable and browsable taxonomy tree of organisms for which there are publicly available gene sequences.
- Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/index.htm - A compilation of various phylogenetic trees representing different views of taxonomy. Includes links to other taxonomic websites.
- Flora and Fauna of the Great Lakes
http://www.lib.umich.edu/programs/greatlakes/ - Provides access to materials from the fish, mammal, and fungus collections of the University of Michigan, USA. Includes many images of specimens.
- Survey of the Plant Kingdoms
http://home.manhattan.edu/~frances.cardillo/plants/intro/ - Explores plant anatomy, taxonomy, and classification, from Monera through the higher plants. Includes descriptions as well as graphics and schematics.
- BioLib
http://www.biolib.cz/ - Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with a photo gallery and some checklists for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In Czech and English.
- Census of Marine Life
http://www.coml.org/ - A global network of researchers engaged in a ten-year initiative to assess and explain the past, present, and future diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life in the oceans.
- World's Boreal Forests: Animal and Plant Species
http://www.borealforest.org/world/world_species.htm - Fact sheets and photos for mammals, birds, trees and other plants of boreal regions.
- Canada's Aquatic Environments
http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/ - Provides comprehensive information about the aquatic habitats, animals, and plants of this country.
- HabitasOnline
http://www.habitas.org.uk/ - Information on the plants, animals, and fossils of Ireland. Includes an encyclopedia of marine life of the UK. From the Ulster Museum Sciences Division.
- Utah Conservation Data Center
http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/ucdc/ - Database of photos and fact sheets for animals and plants occurring in this state. Includes lists of sensitive, threatened, and endangered species.
- Nature of New England
http://www.nenature.com/ - Photos, facts, and links to information about birds, butterflies, mammals, and wildflowers of this region.
- Wikispecies
http://species.wikipedia.org/ - Wikimedia Foundation project that aims to catalog all species.
- Tree of Life
http://tolweb.org/tree/ - Phylogenetic tree with information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics. An on-going multi-authored project hosted by the University of Arizona.
- Discover Life
http://www.discoverlife.org/ - Information about taxonomy, natural history, distribution, abundance, and ecology of many species worldwide. Includes tools to identify, map, and database species.
- Thomson: Free Resources
http://scientific.thomson.com/free/ - Includes the Index to Organism Names, a publicly available subset of TRITON the Taxonomy Resource, and the Zoological Record Thesaurus.
- iSpecies
http://darwin.zoology.gla.ac.uk/~rpage/ispecies/ - A species search engine from Rod Page of Glasgow University. Search on either the common or Latin name of a species. Results are generated by querying other data sources.
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Integrated Taxonomic Information System
http://sis.agr.gc.ca/pls/itisca/taxaget?p_ifx=aafc - Searchable database of four kingdoms: plant, animal, fungi, monera. Search by scientific or common names, English or French.
- Lepidoptera and Other Life Forms
http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/intro.html - Taxonomic tree of mammals, insects, birds, and plants. Includes common and scientific names, publication details, references, links, general range maps, and some images. Most complete for Lepidoptera.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
http://www.itis.gov/ - Authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
- Encyclopedia of Life
http://www.eol.org/ - A new project to create an online reference source and database for every one of the 1.8 million species that are named and known on this planet. Includes FAQ and press resources.
- Classification of Living Things
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/index.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/pond/taxonomy.html - An introduction to the naming and relationships of living things. Classification involves much human judgement and is in a constant state of flux as new information is discovered.
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