Links
The Tree of Life This site, from the University of Arizona, lets you retrace phylogenies from life's origins out through the branches of THE TREE OF LIFE. Highly recommended. What Critter Is That? This site from the University of California at Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology allows you to explore the kingdoms of life and find detailed information about any organism if you know its scientific or common name. The Beast of Bodmin Moor A wonderful interactive site from the British Museum in which you must use information about comparative anatomy to determine the identity of the "beast." A Biography of Linnaeus A detailed and interesting biography of Linnaeus, prepared by the Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala University, Sweden, where he worked. Nanoworld This marvelous site from the University of Queensland in Australia features hundreds of electron micrograph images-a fly's foot, a mollusk's spiny teeth. A garden of wonderful visual delights.		Observed Instances of Speciation Responding to creationist claims that "no one has seen species form" is this detailed compilation of observed instances of speciation. The Grand Canyon: Window Through Time A delightful interactive site that allows you to click on each layer of the virtual Grand Canyon and learn about the time during which that layer was deposited. What's a Cladist? The most fundamental lesson of biology is that biological diversity reflects evolutionary history, explored at this interesting site from the University of California at Berkeley. Introduces phylogenetic systematics and cladistics. Tree of Life A look at the biodiversity of earth-including species history and characteristics. The evolutionary ties of each species can be tracked via the "Tree of Life."
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