Biology

Snakes and Spiders Snakes and Spiders- Informational website about snakes and spiders including fact sheets on a number of species, snake bite stories and first aid for snake and spider bites. European Register of Marine Species European Register of Marine Species- The ERMS project covers species of the kingdoms Animalia, Plantae, Fungi and Protoctista occurring in the marine environment including all the… Invertebrate Diaries Invertebrate Diaries- Blog focusing on the author's own study of invertebrates and the rearing of many species. Wild Animals Online Wild Animals Online- Provides information on the different divisions of the animal kingdom and photographs of a selection of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects. Strange and Special Animals Strange and Special Animals- Blog about some unusual animals including pictures and information on some less familiar species. Animal Photo Archive Animal Photo Archive- Photos of animals. Bizarre Creatures Bizarre Creatures- Blog on strange, unusual or weird animals from around the world. Invertebrate Images Invertebrate Images- Images of invertebrates from the tropical rain forest, deserts and coral reefs. European Marine Life European Marine Life- Biology of the marine flora and fauna with illustrated descriptions of the main marine species of Western Europe. Worms Worms- Article by Wim van Egmond introducing oligochaetes, flatworms and nematodes with several photographs. FAUNA Paraguay FAUNA Paraguay- Includes information and images of Paraguayan wildlife, a free on-line Paraguayan zoology journal, and information about birdwatching and wildlife tours. Guide to Marine Life of North Vancouver Island Guide to Marine Life of North Vancouver Island- Original photographs for identification of the common species of marine creatures found throughout the Pacific Northwest. FaunaItalia FaunaItalia- A complete checklist of the whole Italian fauna, with over 57,400 species. Digital Morphology Digital Morphology- A dynamic archive of information on digital morphology and high-resolution X-ray computed tomography of biological specimens. Includes slice-by-slice animation… Jellies Zone Jellies Zone- Guide to gelatinous zooplankton of the U.S. Pacific Coast, with photos and information on jellyfish (true jellies), comb jellies, gelatinous molluscs, and pelagic tu… Animals! The Animal Information Center Animals! The Animal Information Center- A general overview of Kingdom Animalia. ExZOOberance ExZOOberance- A virtual zoo with photo galleries, web cams, news, and a zoo and aquarium directory. Introduction to the Metazoa Introduction to the Metazoa- Information on the group's fossil record, life history, ecology, systematics and morphology, covering each group of organisms (each taxon). OzAnimals.com: Australian Wildlife OzAnimals.com: Australian Wildlife- Provides photographs and information covering a wide range of Australian wildlife including mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs, insects and spider… Gene Pool Gene Pool- In this artificial life simulation colourful creatures evolve the ability to swim in an aquatic environment. Evolutionary Systems and Artificial Life Evolutionary Systems and Artificial Life- This course presents an overview of the field of Evolutionary Systems and its applied branch of Artificial Life. The historical and philo… GALife GALife- Watch creatures based on a neural network learn to solve simple problems (eating the right foods, escaping traps) through random mutations and selection of the fittest. Hi… DarwinBots DarwinBots- An artificial life software in some ways similar to C-Robots and other programming games. Every simulated creature is a virtual robot with complex input and outputs an… Altruist Altruist- Free PC software package for simulating evolution in structured populations. Includes models for group selection, group territoriality, Wright's shifting balance model o… Phylogeny and Evolution Phylogeny and Evolution- Various projects in evolution, molecular evolution and phylogenetic epidemiology being carried out by members in the Department of Zoology at the Universi… The Origin of Species The Origin of Species- Complete first edition of Charles Darwin’s famous book, available online. Science, Evolution and Creationism Science, Evolution and Creationism- Book of this title from the National Academy of Sciences covering the evolutionary process, the evidence for biological evolution, and creation… Rebecca Young Rebecca Young- Research interests in evolutionary developmental biology, publications, presentations and teaching experience. The Evilutionary Biologist The Evilutionary Biologist- John Dennehy is an evolutionary biologist who studies bacteriophage life history stochasticity and the population dynamics of host/pathogen interaction… Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution- Provides a history of the society, its aims, the MBE journal, membership, meetings, news and an archive of past documents. European Society for Evolutionary Biology European Society for Evolutionary Biology- The Society aims promotes evolutionary research in a wide sense. It publishes the Journal of Evolutionary Biology, and organizes a confe… The Society for the Study of Evolution The Society for the Study of Evolution- Provides information on the society, membership, meetings, news, jobs, resources and the journal "Evolution". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution- Journal providing a forum for molecular studies that advance the understanding of phylogeny and evolution. Provides information on the journ… Laboratory of Biosystematics and Plant Cytology, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS Laboratory of Biosystematics and Plant Cytology, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS- The study of structural and functional organization of chromosomes, caryotypes, molecular systema… Debashish Bhattacharya Laboratory Debashish Bhattacharya Laboratory- Our lab studies the molecular evolution of algae and protist and the origin of introns. Rutgers University. Animal Emergence During Snowball Earths by Thermosynthesis in Submarine Hydrothermal Vents Animal Emergence During Snowball Earths by Thermosynthesis in Submarine Hydrothermal Vents- Paper by Anthonie W J Muller proposing a theory that organisms can use or may have used… Susumu Ohno Susumu Ohno- Biographical memoir on this Japanese American researcher who postulated that gene duplication plays a major role in evolution, with a bibliography. Joseph Felsenstein Joseph Felsenstein- Profile of Joseph Felsenstein, Professor of Genome Sciences and of Biology at the University of Washington, providing his areas of research and publications. History of Molecular Evolution History of Molecular Evolution- Information from Wikipedia on the emergence of this field of study following the rise of molecular biology and the advent of protein sequencing. Th… Molecular Evolution Molecular Evolution- Information from Wikipedia on this scientific field where researchers seek to understand recent discoveries on the structure and function of nucleic acids and… ExPASy Life Science Directory ExPASy Life Science Directory- Part of the ExPASy Molecular Biology Server, this extensive list includes almost exclusively pointers to information sources for life scientists wit… Szostak Laboratory Szostak Laboratory- Details work exploring the evolution of novel ribozymes (deoxyribo and ribonucleic acid catalysts) from populations of random sequences, attempting to shed lig… Symmetry-breaking and Molecular Evolution Symmetry-breaking and Molecular Evolution- Explores the structural relationship between cosmological symmetry-breaking and the form of molecular evolution leading to biological sy… Scientific American: Stranger in a New Land Scientific American: Stranger in a New Land- Stunning finds in the Republic of Georgia upend long-standing ideas about the first hominids to journey out of Africa Scientific American: Food for Thought Scientific American: Food for Thought- Article, by William R. Leonard, arguing that dietary change was a driving force in human evolution. The Hominid Journey The Hominid Journey- Demonstrates how our ancestors have changed over the last 4 million years. Provides information on the location and age of hominid discoveries and how the cra… Human Origins and Development of Culture Human Origins and Development of Culture- Covers the development of humans from our ancestors. In module format. Institute of Human Origins Institute of Human Origins- A non-profit, multidisciplinary research organization, affiliated with Arizona State University, dedicated to the recovery and analysis of the fossil e… Aida Gomez Robles Aida Gomez Robles- Personal webpage of this researcher in Paleoanthropology at the National Research Centre on Human Evolution (CENIEH). Includes research lines, publications, fie… Human Evolution Human Evolution- Notes from a lecture by DSG Pollock on early hominids. Includes references.