Science

Photo, range maps, and facts on this bird's habitat, nesting, and behavior.

Affiliated with the University of Basel, Switzerland. Focuses on the behavioral ecology of passerines.

Image, taxonomy chart, list of similar species, and identification tips for this bird.

Information from Wikipedia on these birds in the family Pteroclidae, their appearance, biology, habits and taxonomy.

An infobook with a great deal of information on penguins, their biology and behavior.

Translation of the word owl in Harry Potter in Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese.

Has descriptions, with markings and pictures for about 19 owls, from the non-profit Owl Research Institute in Montana.

Information from Wikipedia on this genus of near passerine birds from the New World.

Descriptions and photos of native and introduced fish species found in Australian desert waters, as well as their habitats.

A comprehensive source of information on the biology of sharks and rays including behavioral studies.

An organization devoted to the study and conservation of sharks, rays, skates and chimeras.

An illustrated introduction to the Myxini.

Article about a species that invaded the Great Lakes of North America from the Atlantic Ocean and efforts to control its spread.

Provides species-specific information in encyclopedia format.

General information about Hawaii's cetaceans and specific information on humpback whale sightings off the Kona Coast of Hawaii.

Information from Wikipedia on the production of sounds by whales and their purpose, with some audio clips.

Online resource of mammalian brains which covers 16 species of bat, some with photos and further information.

Information from Wikipedia on the characteristics of these herbivores, their prehistory and their relationship to elephants.

Physical characteristics of the three species and information on their behavior and habitat in Africa.

Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.

Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.

Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

Factsheet from Arkive with videos and images, description, range, habitat, biology and conservation.

Physical characteristics, diet, and habitat, of Orycteropus afer.

Data available on sites and dates of collection of nudibranchs.

Devoted primarily to the nudibranchs of the Philippines, but also contains information and photographs about crinoids (Echinodermata) and reef organisms in general.

Photographs and information on this snail.

Photographs and information on this large carnivorous snail.

Taxonomy, description and photograph of sea whip, its habitat and distribution, life history and community ecology.

Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

Microscopic image of this species showing the fruitbodies, and information on the infections it can cause in birds, mammals and man.

The principal characteristics of the genus Agaricus and links to other sites. Also a list of those species found in California with photographs of about 20 of them.

Photograph and notes on this species.

Photograph and information on this species from the montane scrub of Costa Rica.

Article by Tom Volk on this fungus, which is one of a number of fungi used in the dyeing of wool.

Photographs and article by Tom Volk on this Honey Fungus, a new species discovered by him on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, and why it was so named.

Photograph and information on this dainty agaric.

Photograph of this bird’s nest fungus which grows on bark or wood mulch, and an illustrated account by Tom Volk of its unusual reproductive structures.

Article by Tom Volk on this interesting fungus, which besides living on rotting wood, also traps and eats nematodes.

Article by Tom Volk on this edible fungus, the Oyster Mushroom, some other fungi with which it might be confused, and some other Pleurotus species.

Photographs of this species in both its mature and egg stage.

A list of those species in this genus to be found in California with photographs of 4 of them.

Paul Stamets provides a number of photographs of members of this genus with information on their habitats and characteristics.

This delicate species was photographed in Puerto Rico.

Information from Wikipedia on this family of fungi which seems to include any white-, yellow-, or pink-spored genus in the Agaricales not already classified in another family.

Article by Tom Volk on this fungus, commonly known as the American Matsutake, a delicious edible mushroom.

Photograph and information on this species.

A photograph of the leaves of a Sphagnum plant.

Description and range of the cypress-pines of Western Australia.