Physical and Life Science Resource Guide: Biology-related web sites

Includes current research and the Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms with definitions, to help everyone understand the terms and concepts used in genetic research.

The 1000 Genomes Project is the first project to sequence the genomes of a large number of people, to provide a comprehensive resource on human genetic variation.

The National Center for Biotechnology Information advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information.

Scitable currently concentrates on genetics and cell biology, which include the topics of evolution, gene expression, and the rich complexity of cellular processes shared by living organisms.

Understanding Evolution is a non-commercial, education website, teaching the science and history of evolutionary biology.

The Western Waters Digital Library (WWDL) provides free public access to digital collections of significant primary and secondary resources on water in the western United States.

In order to create the most detailed and medically useful picture to date of human genetic variation, The 1000 Genomes Project will sequence the genomes of at least a thousand people from around the world.

Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan.

Biology teacher resources from Baylor College of Medicine.

We offer high school and college students new approaches to cutting-edge science topics (BIOINTERACTIVE) and provide educators with a host of innovative resources they can use in their classrooms (FOR EDUCATORS).

FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science, a global information system with all you ever wanted to know about fishes.

Covering virtually all freshwater habitats on Earth, this first-ever ecoregion map, together with associated species data, is a useful tool for underpinning global and regional conservation planning efforts, particularly to identify outstanding and imperiled freshwater systems.

IUCN draws on and mobilizes a network of scientists and partner organizations working in almost every country in the world, who collectively hold what is likely the most complete scientific knowledge base on the biology and conservation status of species.

The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources. The NBII was terminated in 2012. All resources in the web site were removed on January 15, 2012. Stanford University archived the site for reference and that link is used here for this resource. Refer to the NBII Program Termination page (link provided in the archive) for all the details.

For selected articles and letters Nature presents streaming videos featuring interviews with scientists behind the research and analysis from Nature editors.

NSF is the only federal agency whose mission includes support for all fields of fundamental science and engineering, except for medical sciences. They are tasked with keeping the United States at the leading edge of discovery in areas from astronomy to geology to zoology.

This site was developed by leading researchers in conjunction with the American Physiological Society to educate the public and answer your questions about this fundamental area of science.

A nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.

Gathered here is a variety of special features with a multimedia bent, to provide access to science not only in words but also in images, sound, and motion. Most of the material accessed from this gateway is free to all users of the site.

WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway, accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases and portals.

From the EOL web site:
"Our Vision: Global access to knowledge about life on Earth.

Our Mission: To increase awareness and understanding of living nature through an Encyclopedia of Life that gathers, generates, and shares knowledge in an open, freely accessible and trusted digital resource."

Provides information that will encourage the sustainable use and conservation of native wildflowers, plants and landscapes throughout North America.

Treesearch is an online system for locating and delivering publications by Research and Development scientists in the US Forest Service.

The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.

The Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) is a collaborative effort of biologists and nature enthusiasts from around the world. On more than 10,000 World Wide Web pages, the project provides information about biodiversity, the characteristics of different groups of organisms, and their evolutionary history (phylogeny).