Biology & Ecology Resources

Journals & Periodicals

Stem Cells in the Spotlight: Topics include an introduction to stem cells, the different stem cell sources, the goals of stem cell research, current stem cell therapies, designing experimental models, recent studies on Parkinson's disease, and ethical issues surrounding stem cells.
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/stemcells/
Biology Browser: Managed by BIOSIS, a leading periodical index, this resource contains selected links to current news, web sites, and online reference tools.
http://www.biologybrowser.org/
Librarians' Index to the Internet - Biology: A general list of links from a librarian mediated subject guide.
http://www.lii.org/search?m=p&query=biology&searchtype=keywords
The Virtual Library: Biosciences: http://vlib.org/Biosciences
Harvard University Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Resources: http://www.mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks.html

Anatomy of the Human Body: From the classic 1918 publication-13,000 entries, many in color.
http://www.bartleby.com/107/
The Virtual Body: An audio-visual tour of the human body.
http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
Froguts - Virtual Frog Dissection: Online virtual frog dissection
http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/index.html
Visible Human Cross Sections: Images from the Visible Human Project - National Libraries of Medicine
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/cross_section/

BUBL Link Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Academic-oriented links.
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/b/biochemistry.htm
General, Organic and Biochemistry: A full course from the University of Akron
http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/genobc/
The Chemistry of Life: From the Biology Project - University of Arizona
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/biochemistry.html
Illustrated Glossary of Plant Physiology: Provided by the American Phytopathological Society
http://www.apsnet.org/Education/IllustratedGlossary/

National Center for Biotechnology Information: From the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, this is a national resource for molecular biology information including the Cancer Genome Anatomy Project, databases, genome resources and information about relevant software and other tools.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Genetic Engineering News: Widely read online publication with news from bioindustry including biopharmaceutical, agricultural, chemical, enzyme and environmental topics.
http://www.genengnews.com/
About.com Biotech/Biomedical Resources: Selected by About.com's expert guide
http://biotech.about.com/mbody.htm?once=true&
Biotechnology Resources - GenWeb: http://www.genweb.com/resources/biotech.html

Botany.com: Common and botanical names of plants, dictionary of botanical terms, leaf shapes, temperature maps, and more.
http://www.botany.com/
Worldwide Web Virtual Library - Botany: A large subject directory.
http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/www-vl/
Department of Systematic Biology - Botany, Smithsonian Institution: Links, projects, and Index Nominum Genericorum - a compilation of generic names published for all organisms covered by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/references.htm
Flowering Plant Gateway: Provide various paths for exploration or comparison of three major systems of flowering plant classification. From Texas A&M University.
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/newgate/cronang.htm

Journey into the Cell: About.com's tour of the structure and function of the parts of a eukaryotic cell.
http://biology.about.com/od/cellanatomy/
Cell Structure and Processes: http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/westmin/science/sbi3a1/Cells/cells.htm
Animal Cell Anatomy: From EnchantedLearning.com - labeled cellular structures
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/animals/cell/

The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology: 7168 hyperlinks to frequently encountered terms.
http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/~julian/Dict.html
The Biology Project: Cell Biology: From the University of Arizona Biology Project - phases of the cell cycle.
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/cell_bio.html

About.com -- Cell Division: Links to mitosis and meiosis information, animations, diagrams, and glossaries.
http://biology.about.com/od/celldivision/
The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle and Cancer: From North Dakota State University, a discussion of the cell cycle.
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/instruct/mcclean/plsc431/cellcycle/cellcycl1.htm

Zygote: A museum of Developmental Biology intended to supplement coursework.
http://zygote.swarthmore.edu/

BBC's Evolution site: Contains the full text of Darwin's Origin of Species, essays on Darwinism, an online artificial life experiment, and natural selection information.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/darwin/
Becoming Human: From Arizona State University's Institute for Human Origins - incudes a glossary, bibliography plus annotated links. Features a multimedia presentation by Donald C. Johanson, paleoanthropologist and discoverer of the famous hominid Lucy.
http://www.becominghuman.org/
Harvard Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology - Evolution: http://www.mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks/Evolution.html