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January 10, 2006iSpecies, Living Thing Roundup Engine
I don't know what else to call a search engine that pulls a variety of information from several places on the fly. iSpecies describes itself as "a test of E O Wilson's idea of a web page for each species."...
December 30, 2005Plants and Animals Around the Caribbean coast of Panama
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute has an online database of plants and animals appearing "in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, the Bahía Almirante, Laguna de Chiriquí, and the surrounding mainland on the Caribbean coast of Panama." Animals are by far...
Continue reading "Plants and Animals Around the Caribbean coast of Panama" » September 23, 2005Herpetology News and Links at The Basking Spot
I hate the design (I'm sorry, I'm too old for bright green text on black) but I love the amount of information you can find at The Basking Spot ( http://www.baskingspot.com/ ), links and news for herpetology fans. Lemme turn...
Continue reading "Herpetology News and Links at The Basking Spot" » September 17, 2004Squirrels On Campus
Squirrels. Are they adorable little critters who look so cute as they romp through your yard, or are they rampaging little butterbeans who eat your wooden birdhouses because they're too stupid to find their acorns? My opinion varies depending on...
March 11, 2004National Image Library for the US Fish and Wildlife Service
No, it's not just fish and trees. The US Fish and Wildlife service has a collection of public domain still images relating to nature and forestry. The collection is searchable by keyword, with an advanced search allowing you to search...
Continue reading "National Image Library for the US Fish and Wildlife Service" » January 23, 2004Searchin' the Pigeon
Bert would be proud! There's a whole subject index devoted to pigeons at PigeonSearch ( http://www.pigeonsearch.com/ . ) And what could possibly make an entire index about pigeons? There are four main categories: forums & information, pigeons, products, and software....
June 05, 2003HayNet's For Horses
If you're into horses, you might enjoy the directory of links at http://haynet.net/. However, the directory is structured a little differently so it may take you a visit or so to get used to it. This directory is not set...
December 16, 2002Junglewalk Offers Animal Audio, Video Clips
Animal pictures! Animal videos! Animal noises! You'll find them all at Junglewalk ( http://www.junglewalk.com/ ). From the front page you can search for animals by keyword or view them alphabetically or by category (categories include all animals, single-celled animals, insects,...
Continue reading "Junglewalk Offers Animal Audio, Video Clips" » July 04, 2002All Species Names Being CollectedDecember 19, 2001Natural History Museum of LA County Puts Fish Collection Online
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has put their fish collection online at http://204.140.246.24/nhmims/pres/sHome.htm. There are four ways you can search this collection -- there's a map, specific location field search, all location field search, and taxon field...
Continue reading "Natural History Museum of LA County Puts Fish Collection Online" » December 04, 2001Zoo Subject Index
ZooWeb ( http://www.zooweb.com/) promotes itself as "Your World Wide Link to Zoos & Aquariums" and it does offer a lot of material. Their subject index, the ZooGuide, is partially on the left side of the page. Subjects include top sites,...
August 29, 2000Family-Friendly Animal Search Engine
AnimalSearch ( http://www.animalsearch.net/ ) promotes itself as an animal-friendly search engine. You have a couple of choices when first browsing this site. There's a keyword search at the top of the page, or a page of links that includes animal...
February 24, 2000FishBase!
Ik, ik, ik, ichthyologist, ik, ik, ichthyologist Sorry. Check out FishBase at http://www.fishbase.org/. FishBase aims to be a global database on fishes, though interestingly they intend their site to be used by all types of fish-enthusiasts, from fishermen to...
February 10, 2000Many, many horses
Search for horses! http://www.equindex.net/ has over 65000 pages....
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