Research Guide: Biology Web Resources
Gateways to Resources | Anatomy | Associations | Botany | Cell and Molecular Biology | Ecology | Education | Genetics | Laboratory | Limnology/Aquatic Ecology | Microbiology | News | Zoology
SUNY-Oneonta Biology Department | Biological Field Station
Gateways to Resources
- ActionBioscience
- From the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
- Bio Netbook (Institut Pasteur)
- Directory of biology web pages.
- Biology Online
- Includes an online dictionary of biology, biology tutorials, and biology on the web.
- National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
- The NBII Program is administered by the Biological Informatics Office of the U.S. Geological Survey
Anatomy
- Gray's Anatomy
- Netfrog: The On-Line Dissection
- eSkeletons
- Comparative primate skeletal anatomy.
Associations
Botany
- Botanicus Digital Library
- Web-based encyclopedia of historic botanical literature. Contents of 1,708 volumes.
- Botany (WWW Virtual Library)
- eNature
- Field Guides
- Tree of Life
- Phylogeny and biodiversity.
Cell and Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology (WWW Virtual Library)
- Gateway to resources from Prof. Gabriel Fenteany (University of Illinois at Chicago)
- Cells Alive
- Award-winning computer-enhanced images of living cells and organisms.
- DNA Interactive
- Includes a DNA Learning Center
- National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Includes access to sequence databases.
- Biodiversity and Protected Areas
- From the World Resources Institute.
- Envirolink
- Provides access to thousands of environmental sources.
- US Environmental Protection Agency
Ecology
Education
- Access Excellence
- For bioscience teachers and learners
- ActionBioScience.org
- Promoting bioscience literacy
- Biology Mad
- Online tutorials
- BioTopics
- Biology activities, lessons, and labs
- The Biology Project
- Interactive learning source from the University of Arizona includes lesson plans, activities.
- The Biology Place
- Tutorials and online labs.
- Biology Sparknotes
- HHMI's Biointeractive
- From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- MIT Biology Hypertextbook
- Provides the basis for MIT's intro course.
- National Association of Biology Teachers
- Regents Exam Prep Center (Oswego City School District)
- Science
- From the New York State Education Department . Includes science reference tables as well as materials on assessment.
Genetics
- DNA From the Beginning
- Genetic Science Learning Center
- From the University of Utah
- Genetics (WWW Virtual Library)
- The Human Genome
- Free special issue of Science Magazine covering the human genome.
- Human Genome Project Information
- Human genome projects; educational resources; ethical, legal and social issues.
Laboratory
- Association for Biology Laboratory Education
- Beginning Molecular Biology Laboratory Manual
- Cell Biology Laboratory Manual
- Fostering Information Fluency in the Introductory Biology Laboratory
- Lab Protocols
- From Bio Online
- Molecular Biology Protocols
- Virtual Pig Dissection
Limnology/Aquatic Ecology
- College at Oneonta Biological Field Station
- International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology
- Includes links to limnology-related internet sites
- Limnological terms, definitions, acronyms and concepts
Microbiology
News
- Annals of Improbable Research
- International science humor magazine.
- LiveScience
- For the curious.
- Science Daily
- Latest research news. Stories can be sorted by topic.
- Planet Science
- Selected news and feature stories from the New Scientist.