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American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
- The Genomic Revolution
An entertaining introduction to genes and the Human Genome Project.
Sections include: Our Genetic Identity ; Our Genome ; Choosing Our Genes ; Changing Our Genes ; Reshaping Our World ; DNA Detectives ; Epilogue ; Resources ; Genomics at AMNH.
- Institute for Comparative Genomics - (dead link)
Arizona State Museum
University of Arizona
"...is the oldest and largest anthropology museum in the region and brings to life the culture history of the Greater Southwest, from the mammoth hunters to the present, through many ongoing research projects. The museum's rich and varied collections are among the most significant resources in the nation for the study of Southwest anthropology."
- Archaeological Research
Sections include: Techniques ; Projects ; Volunteers ; AZITE ; Services ; Earthwatch ; Zooarchaeology Lab.
Australian Museum
Australia's oldest natural history museum
Berkeley Natural History Museums Consortium - (dead link)
Brigham Young University - Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum - (dead link)
- Crayfish Home - (dead link) Includes: Photographs ; Conservation ; Phylogeny ; Identification ; Lists ; Bibliography ; Other Crustacean Sites ; Links.
Canadian Heritage Information Network
- Artefacts Canada
"...previously known as the National Inventories, provides access to information on millions of museum objects, natural history specimens and archaeological sites. These records, contributed by museums and heritage organizations across Canada, have been assembled into three groups [ Humanities, Natural Sciences, Archeological Sites]."
Canadian Museum of Nature
- Natural History Notebooks
"...you'll find lots of fascinating facts about 246 animal species. You'll also learn about the amazing diversity of life on earth (both past and present), and why it's important to protect that diversity...The text was originally published in our Natural History Notebook series (1977-81)."
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Denver Museum of Natural History - (dead link)
Florida Museum of Natural History
Hawaii State Museum of Natural and Cultural History - Bishop Museum
National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Smithsonian Institution
- Mammal Species of the Worlds (MSW) - (dead link)
"...contains the names of the 4,629 currently recognized species of mammals, in a taxonomic hierarchy that includes Order, Family, Subfamily, and Genus."
From: Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (eds). 1993. Mammal Species of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press.
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Department of Entomology
- NMNH Entomology Database Library - (dead link)
- Ant Database - (dead link)
"The Smithsonian's ant collection contains more than 500,000 specimens. Of these, around 152,000 are mounted on points and identified to species. These pinned specimens, representing 4580 valid named species and subspecies of ants, are listed in this database. Also listed are 1,555 ant type specimens (holotypes or paratypes), some of which represent unavailable names. You may search this database at the species level or above..."
Maintained by Ted Schultz
- Department of Invertebrate Zoology
- Cephalopods at the National Museum of Natural History
Includes "Cephalopods in Action. This is a multimedia appendix to published papers, that features video clips of cephalopods filmed from submersibles" as well as an online bibliography and Giant Squid pages.
Created by Jim Felley, Mike Vecchione, Clyde Roper, and Mike Sweeney
Natural History Museum, London
- Zoology Library
- Darwin Centre - (dead link)
"It provides world-class storage facilities for precious collections, new laboratories, and access behind the scenes for visitors."
- Darwin Centre Live - Watch Videos Online - (dead link)
"Presentations by scientists on-site and broadcast live online - find out what's on this month, and watch video from our archive of over 100 events."
- Darin Centre In-Site - (dead link)
Sections include: Keeping & Caring ; Collecting & Society ; Tools & Methods ; Specimens & Knowledge ; Discovering & Understanding.
- Echinoid Home Page
"The primary purpose of the site, however, is to provide a taxonomic resource for the scientific community in which the genera and higher taxa of echinoid can be simply and rapidly identified. There are currently over 200 pages of detailed information about echinoid taxa."
- Wildlife Garden - (dead link)
A Living Exhibition
"Enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of the countryside in the heart of London - hundreds of wild flowers, dragonflies flitting across the ponds and birds visiting or nesting in the garden."
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (LACM)
- Ichthyology
"...is one of ten internationally recognized ichthyological collections in the United States. The collection contains an estimated five million specimens, of which roughly three million are catalogued (167,000 catalogued lots, including 212 holotypes and 8131 paratypes). Our collection emphasis is the Pacific Rim, with particular strengths in fishes from the Galapagos Islands, Hawaiian islands, Philippine Islands, the Antarctic, and the freshwaters of North, Central and South America."
- Search the Fish Collection - (dead link)
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Chicago, IL.)
Queensland [Australia] Museum - Natural Environment
Sam Noble Museum of Natural History (Norman, Oklahoma)
Smithsonian National Zoological Park
South African Museum - (dead link)
- Current Newsletter - (dead link)
- Fossil Reptiles†of the South African Karoo - (dead link)
- Insects and Entomology Resources Online - (dead link)
A reference source of South African, especially Western Cape, insects and spiders.
- Shark Research Centre - (dead link)
Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, Kansas
Swedish Museum of Natural History (Swedish and English)
University of California, Berkeley - Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
University of Glasgow - Hunterian Museum - Zoology
University of Kansas - Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center - (dead link)
- Division of Invertebrate Zoology - (dead link)
- Sea Anemones of the World - (dead link) "Catalogue of species, bibliography of literature in which they were described, inventory of type specimens, distribution maps, and images ... This database contains data for 1355 nominal species of sea anemones made available as of 31 October 1999. Entries are in the original binomen; later versions will include lists of synonyms ... The database contains data on 1169 lots of type specimens from 28 natural history museums in Europe, New Zealand, and North America. All type specimens have been examined in person."
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
University of Puget Sound Slater Museum of Natural History
University of Texas at Austin - Texas Natural History Collections
- Herpetology
"Includes 63,000 specimens of reptiles and amphibians: frogs, salamanders, caecilians, lizards, snakes, amphisbaenians, tuataras, crocodilians, and turtles (not including 12,000 recently acquired Texas Tech specimens). Database searchable online."
- Ichthyology (Fishes)
"More than 32,664 jars of specimens estimated to contain more than 746,900 specimens. More than half from Texas freshwaters, representing 192 counties. Database searchable online. Species distribution maps and fish pictures available."
University of Washington - Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
- Amphibians of Washington - (dead link)
- Mammalogy Section
Focus on the mammals of Washington state.
"where you can explore the biodiversity of our Washington mammals. All species in the state are found below on our checklist, and you can click on each name for an account of its natural history, geographic distribution, and further information...Our mammal fauna is comprised of 148 species that belong to nine of the world's 26 orders of mammals. Of the 148 species, nine have been introduced, leaving 139 natives Thirty-two of the species are marine mammals, and we have 16 species of flying mammals, the bats. This leaves 91 species of land mammals."
- Reptiles of Washington - (dead link)
University of Wisconsin-Madison Zoological Museum Collection
- The Galapagos Collection
"The collection of Gal·pagos materials that includes anatomical specimens, images, and papers at the UW-Madison Zoological Museum (UWZM) is unique and rare. Since 1978, UWZM has been one of only 3 museums granted permission by the Ecuadorian Government to collect, preserve, transport, and maintain scientific anatomical specimens from the Gal·pagos Islands."
Zoologisches Institut Gˆttingen and Zoologisches Museum
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