Life and earth science resources
Museums and Botanical Gardens |
Exhibitions |
Life Sciences |
Earth Sciences |
Natural History Societies |
Geographic Information Systems |
Astronomy and Space |
Museums and Botanical Gardens
- America (North, South, Central)
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American Museum of Natural History (NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE)
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Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University (gopher)
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Bishop Museum, Hawaii (gopher)
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Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
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Chicago Academy of Sciences - Nature Museum
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Cornell University Biodiversity and Biological
Collections Web Server.
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Field Museum of Natural History
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Harvard University Herbaria (gopher)
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Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (gopher)
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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Missouri Botanical Garden (gopher)
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New Mexico Museum of Natural History
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Peabody Museum of Natural History (gopher)
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Slater Museum of Natural History (gopher)
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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
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Smithsonian Institution, Gem & Mineral Collection
- University of California
Museum of Paleontology
- Australia
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Australian National Botanical Gardens
- Europe
- The Hunterian Museum has information on its exhibitions and dinosaurs.
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Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
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Museums Documentation Association (MDA)
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Museum of Garden History
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Natural History Museum, Berne
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Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
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Natural History Museum, Stockholm
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Science Museum, London
Exhibitions
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Dinosaur Exhibit by Honolulu Community College.
- DNA to Dinosaurs with
animations and sound by the Field Museum.
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Hall of Dinosaurs at Berkeley CA.
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In Search of Giant Squid. Online exhibition from the
National Museum of Natural History.
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Jurassic Reef Park. Explore reefs from prehistoric times.
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Ocean Planet Online. The Smithsonian Institution's exhibition
celebrating the spectacular diversity of the oceans.
Life Sciences
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Biodiversity and its value,
Guide to the Convention on Biological Diversity and
Environmental Acronyms. Arranged by The Environmental Resources Information
Network (ERIN), at the Australian Department of the Environment, Sport and
Territories.
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Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server links
to taxonomic information, collections catalogues and a biological image
archive organised by Cornell University.
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Biodiversity around the World
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Biological Journals.
On-line biology and medical journals from Harvard University.
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Biologists' addresses.
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Biology Servers Listing of Internet resources for biologists.
- BIOSCI/Bionet
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Biosciences sources.
organised by from Harvard University.
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Botany-related URLs A very comprehensive collection of
resources for botanists, from the Finnish Museum of Natural History.
- BRASS. The University
of Manchester's School of Biological Science Bioinformatics Resource for
Algorithms, Software and Services.
- British Antarctic Survey
Part of the Natural Environment Research Centre.
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Cactus and Succulent Plant Mall Includes many links to
related sites.
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Centre for Population Biology Studies the ecological
processes in plant and animal populations.
- CITES UK from the Global Wildlife Division of the Department of the Environment.
- CSUBIOWEB at the California State
University Biological Sciences Web Server offers information on a variety of
bioscience topics.
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Dictionary of Cell Biology. Academic Press.
- Environmental Organisation
WebDirectory. Details of over 8,000 environmental organisations.
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Entomology. Links listed by Colorado State University to collections,
images and job opportunities.
- The EnviroWeb . A project of the Envirolink
Network.
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ERIN : Australian Environmental Resources Information Network
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European Centre for Nature Conservation
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Friends of the Earth
- GDB Human Genome Database mirror at UK Human Genome Mapping Project
- Global Environmental Network for
Information Exchange (GENIE) Search tool for metadata (data about
data) relevant to global environmental research.
- Greenpeace Information Page. From Canada.
- Greenpeace International (Amsterdam)
- Hyperactive Molecules .
Department of Chemistry at Imperial College.
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Icelandic Marine Research Institute and Dept. of Fisheries.
This include a fish database and a dictionary of marine life.
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INBio, Costa Rica
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JASON Project
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International Society of Biometeorology
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Natural Environment Research Council
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Ohio State University Insect Collection
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Taxonomy and Systematics at Glasgow
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Tree of Life: A Phylogenetic Navigator for the Internet.
From the University of Arizona, a system designed to link biological
information.
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University of Washington Fish Collection
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
environmental information and programmes.
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World Conservation Monitoring Centre
- Zoological Record
Earth Science
- American Association of
Stratigraphic Palynologists.
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Association of Polish Geomorphologists.
- British Geological Survey
and their
library OPAC.
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European Information Server of Earth Sciences
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Geological Time Machine at the University of
California Museum of Paleontology.
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Geoscience Information Society
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Hadrosaurus foulkii, the World's first dinosaur skeleton.
Illustrated description of the National Historic Landmark in
New Jersey.
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Hidden Landscape Review of Richard Fortey's book on geology.
- International
Organisation of Palaeobotany, University of East London.
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Malacology / Invertebrate Palaeontology Department of the
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Gopher).
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Mass Extinction Simulation
- Open University
Department of Earth Sciences.
- Paleontological
Society
- Volcano World
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World Wide Earthquake Locator
Natural History Societies
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Mammal Society
Geographic Information Systems
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University of Edinburgh
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United States Geological Survey
Astronomy and Space
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Earth Viewer
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Kennedy Space Center, NASA
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The Nine Planets


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