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Jump to:  Anatomy & Physiology | Biotechnology | Botany | General Biology | Microbiology |  Zoology 

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY

Digital Anatomist Project

Get Body Smart: Interactive Tutorials & Quizzes on Anatomy & Physiology

Gray's Anatomy

The Hosford Muscle Tables: Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body

Human Anatomy Online

Physiology and BioSciences -- WWW Virtual Library

Visible Human Server  (FREE registration to use)

WebAnatomy.net

Whole Brain Atlas
    

BIOTECHNOLOGY

SEE ALSO Hot Topics: Stem Cell Research

Biotechnology Beat
Monthly digest of research news from National Institute of General Medical Science

Glossary of Genetic Terms

National Center for Biotechnology Information

National Center for Biotechnology Information BOOKSHELF
Includes links from abstracts in PubMed

Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning  (2002)

Stem Cell Research -- SEE links on Hot Topics page
    

BOTANY

California Native Plant Society

Cyberbotanica   (plants used to produce cancer-fighting drugs)

Forest Biology and Dendrology

Genetically Engineered Organisms: Public Issues Education Project (Cornell Univ.)

Nature Serve: An Online Encyclopedia of Life

PLANTS National Database

University of Michigan Herbarium
         

GENERAL BIOLOGY

American Museum of Natural History

Biology Online discussions, tutorials and links

The Biology Project
Problem sets, tutorials and glossary for biochemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, human biology, Mendelian genetics, immunology and molecular biology. NOTE: Some topic areas also available in Spanish.

Biosciences: WWW Virtual Library

Complete Work of Charles Darwin

Dennis Kunkel's Microscopy: Science & Photography Through a Microscope

Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station

INFOMINE: Biological, Agricultural & Medical Sciences

IUBio Archive (Indiana University)

PubMed  
PubMed provides citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles, as well as links to full text articles and other related resources. For directions on how to use this resource, SEE the PubMed Tutorials.

Rediscovering Biology: Molecular to Global Perspectives (Annenberg-CPB)
A telecourse for educators with the videos available online. Programs include interviews with expert scientists, detailed animations that provide a micro-level view of biological processes and techniques, and a number of learning activities

San Francisco Estuary Institute  (see Documents & Reports and Projects sections)

San Francisco Estuary Institute: EcoAtlas: San Francisco Bay Region Habitat Maps

Science Animations: Movies & Interactive Tutorial Links [Macromedia Flash Player, Shock Wave]

Science at a Distance: E-Learning Modules (Prof. John Blamire, CUNY Brooklyn)

Science Niche: Biology (dictionary and lots of tutorials and self-tests)

3D Organic Chemistry Animations

The Tree of Life Web Project (phylogeny and biodiversity)

Understanding Evolution (Univ. of California, Berkeley)

MICROBIOLOGY

Big Picture Book of Viruses   (from Tulane School of Medicine)

The Grapes of Staph: Microbiology (Gary Kaiser, CC of Baltimore County)
Lecture notes, animations, study tips and more. For the site's tutorials,
SEE Biology Tutorials

Microbiology and Bacteriology: The World of Microbes
Online textbook from University of Wisconsin-Madison

PubChem
Provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. It is a component of National Institute of Health's Molecular Libraries Roadmap Initiative.
    

ZOOLOGY

Animal Diversity Web

Interactive Frog Dissection

Nature Serve: An Online Encyclopedia of Life

National Wildlife Federation

2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Virtual Pig Dissection (by Earl Fleck, Whitman College)

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