Biology Resource Guide

June 6, 2023

June 6, 2023

June 1, 2023

Trending topics include Plants & Animals, Earth & Climate, and Fossils & Ruins

Biological technicians help biological and medical scientists conduct laboratory tests and experiments.

Microbiologists study microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, algae, fungi, and some types of parasites. They try to understand how these organisms live, grow, and interact with their environments.

Includes food scientists, zoologists, and geoscientists.

Through Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC), data and images for millions of biological specimens are being made available in electronic format for the research community, government agencies, students, educators, and the general public.

a product of the collaboration that began between QUBES and the Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education (BLUE) projects. BLUE is a community of biodiversity, data, and education specialists who are working together to identify core biodiversity data competencies for undergraduates, develop strategies for integrating these competencies into the introductory biology curriculum, and build capacity for sustained development and implementation of biodiversity and data literacy education.

The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.

The USGS is a science organization that provides impartial information on the health of our ecosystems and environment, the natural hazards that threaten us, the natural resources we rely on, the impacts of climate and land-use change, and the core science systems that help us provide timely, relevant, and useable information.

Extensive collection of fossil specimens in both 2-D and 3-D images.

This resource guide lists Library of Congress sources for those who want to read about the discoveries and controversies related to dinosaurs. It is not meant to be a comprehensive bibliography, but a tool to get you started in your research.

The American Academy of Microbiology (Academy) is the honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the world's oldest and largest life science organization. The mission of the Academy is to recognize scientists for outstanding contributions to microbiology and provide microbiological expertise in the service of science and the public.

ASCB is an inclusive, international community of biologists studying the cell, the fundamental unit of life. We are dedicated to advancing scientific discovery, advocating sound research policies, improving education, promoting professional development, and increasing diversity in the scientific workforce.

The Genetics Society of America (GSA), founded in 1931, is the professional membership organization for scientific researchers and educators in the field of genetics. Our members work to advance knowledge in the basic mechanisms of inheritance, from the molecular to the population level.