OC Library: Biology Web Sites

Web Sites: BIOLOGY

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AmphibiaWeb: AmphibiaWeb offers ready access to taxonomic information for every recognized species of amphibian in the world. Species descriptions, life history information, conservation status, literature references, photos and range maps are available for many species and are being added to regularly by specialists and volunteers from around the world.
Animal Info: Provides information about rare, threatened, and endangered animals around the world. The site can be searched by species, species group, or country.
Biological Journals and Abbreviations: This site contains the abbreviations, full titles, and links to some WWW pages for a large variety of biological and medical journals.
Birding on the Net: Bird families of the world.
Birds, United States Park Service: Searchable index of birds in the parks.
Digital Anatomist Program: A collaboration between anatomists and computer scientists. Current projects include: online interactive anatomic atlas, human brain project, 3-D anatomical reconstruction from medical images, etc.
Electronic Zoo: The purpose of this site is to categorize and organize animal-related information on the Internet in a relevant, easy to use format.
Human Genome Project: The U.S. Human Genome Project (HGP), sponsored by the Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health, is an effort to characterize all human genetic material by determining the complete sequence of the DNA in the human genome.
ISIHighlyCited.com: ISIHighlyCited.com provides information about researchers in science and engineering whose publications have been cited intensely by their peers, thus showing the value of their work. Biographical information and a full list of publications is provided for each researcher included. Search for these top researchers by name, category, country, or institutional affiliation.
List of Bacterial Names: The list of bacterial names includes (both alphabetically and chronologically) the nomenclature of bacteria and the nomenclatural changes that have been: 1) cited in the approved lists of bacterial names, 2) published, or 3) validated in the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. It is extensively annotated to clarify the rules that govern scientific nomenclature.
National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI is responsible for building, maintaining, and distributing (via FTP) GenBank, the NIH genetic sequence database that collects all known DNA sequences from scientists worldwide.
Nature and Wildlife: Information about almost any conceivable animal-related topic.
NETVET: Categorization and organization of veterinary medical information on the Internet.
Oceanic (Ocean Information Center): Oceanographic information on the World Wide Web.
Science.gov: Gateway to selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and NASA.
Tree of Life: "Information about phylogeny and biodiversity ... a map to biological information."
World List of Insect Families: Searchable list of insect families around the world.
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Physiology & Biophysics: Links to online resources in the areas of Physiology & Biophysics.

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