There is a wealth of information about vertebrates on the www. The following listing is organized by group and should help you begin to learn about vertebrates that interest you. If you know of www sites that you think should be added to this listing, please let me know using the course feedback form.
General Vertebrate Resources
Animal Diversity Web - U Michigan Center for information on vertebrate
animals
Biosis
- Biosis Internet information index
Bioinfo - Image Archive of
vertebrate Animals
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Iowa Department of
Natural Resources
Paleontology -
Index of Museums with Vertebrate Paleontology
Professional
Societies - Index of Professional Societies including those specializing in vertebrate
animals
Scholarly
Societies Project - An exhaustive and searchable listing of scholarly societies
Tree of Life - search for your group using a phylogenetic tree
UCMP - University of
California Museum of Paleontology
Coelocanth
- detailed descriptions of this "living fossil" with film
Fishes on
the Web - Biosis Guide to fish information on the www
TNHC
- Texas Natural History Collection Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America
Chondrichthyans - American
Elasmobrach Society's Hub for information about sharks, rays, skates and chimeras
Fishes of Iowa - Iowa Department
of Natural Resources Fish Information Hub
American Fisheries Society
Amphibians on
the Web - Biosis Guide to amphibian information on the www
Society for the
Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Reptiles on
the Web - Biosis Guide to reptiles information on the www
Crocodilian,
Tuatara and Turtle Species of the World
Crocodilian
Natural History
Dinosaurs
- the world wide web of dinosaurs
Dinosauria
Pronunciation - speak dinosaur like a pro!
Society for the
Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Snakes of North
America
World
Reptile Data Base - EMBL Reptile Data Base
Birds on the
Web - Biosis Guide to bird information on the www
BirdNet -
Professional Organizations for Ornithologists
BirdSource - Cornell's home for
practical ornithology
Ornithological Literature
Online
Ornithology Web - A Hub for Bird
Information on the Web
Tools for Learning about
Birds - Identification & Distribution
Vertebrate
Flight - The Mechanics of Flight
General
ASM - American Society of
Mammalogists
Mammals on the Web
- Biosis Guide to mammal information on the www
Teeth
- An introduction to the diversity of mammalian teeth
MSW - Mammal Species of the World
By Group
Bats - Bat Conservation
International
World
Conservation Monitoring Center - Global monitoring of endangered and threatened
species
EE-Link
- National Center for Environmental Education Endangered Species
News
Releases - Current notices concerning endangered species
USFS - U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service Endangered Species program